Tag: choice

You’re the one putting your hand in the fire

Posted on by philipdodson

Stick to your guns.

Don’t be swayed by others.

It’s what you feel that matters.

After all, others may well advise on a course of action, but they haven’t got to do it.

If it feels wrong, if there’s a nagging doubt, if something comprises your values, it won’t go well

Step away and trust your own judgement.

It seems easier to fit in and do what’s expected or popular but longer term it’s always better to do what deep down you know to be right for you.

After all who’s hands going in the fire? Not their’s.

Work in progress

Posted on by philipdodson

I am a work in progress.

You are a work in progress.

That’s how we can choose to be for our entire lives.

There is never a finished product. Each stage we can learn, get even better, move up a level.

It’s a choice though.

Many times we can become comfortable, settled, think we are there. That’s OK too, there is nothing wrong with being comfortable.

However, often with staying still comes regret, comes disappointment.

The work in progress is best slow and steady, small incremental improvements, not giant leaps.

Finally, we can choose to enjoy the journey instead of settling for a particular destination or outcome.

Being a work in progress leaves us open, creative, resilient and genuine.