Your Daily Challenge:
Identify your previous patterns … that equal insanity!
By Bernadette Kathryn, LMT, IHLC
Insanity:
doing the same thing over and over again
and expecting different results.
~ Albert Einstein
We all do it — we go round and round the same tree, habitually repeating an outdated pattern of behavior, because it’s comfortable, easy and what we know. We know it’s not in alignment with our SMARTER GOALS and yet, we keep repeating ourselves and hoping for a different result. I am certainly guilty of this, it’s what we do when we are in the contemplation stage of change. We think we want to change, we watch ourselves reach for the same comfortable behavior that we have that keeps us in that broken record loop and we don’t jump the fence into the new behavior, because it involves change. We haven’t fully committed to the new behavior.
Sometimes change feels scary, more so to some than others but what is valuable to remember here is ~ change will happen around us no matter what. Time goes by, we are changing everyday for the good or the not so good whether we like it or not. Change is inevitable, the seasons change, the kids grown, we get older (and better) and life keeps ticking along. It is a choice for us to change, learn and grow as the world turns or we sit, stagnate and get stuffy … it is a choice.
What do you choose today?
my overall health is an ongoing challenge. i go to doctor’s who test for? and write a report that nothing is wrong. i still have the same symptoms. i grow tired of doctor’s visits and stop the viscous circle. this is MY insanity. tuesday i’m seeing a better doctor! he will spend more time with me and ask more through questions. if he can’t find a cause for my symptoms we’ll gather the necessary paperwork and reports and send me off to a place like Mayo.
this game has taught me to take inventory…………………………..
cross items off my to-do list list………………………..
this one is a biggie and i’ve been in denial for years.
This game has helped me enormously to put a framework around the changes/risks/chances I needed to take in my life. My primary goal when I started the game was reduced pain and weight loss. I have, blessedly, acheived both of those! And yet the other changes in my life have been great, as well. The daily meditation and challenges have really helped me be specific about what I wanted in all areas of my life. I have been able to go after what I want and continue on a spiritual path of being patient and trusting the process. I now feel that my life is comfortable full!