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fundamentally change your life and lose that weight for good, that
somewhere in there you are ok with living this way. I mean, come on, you
must be or you would have changed it by now! At some level you must have
some tolerance to having your life turn out like this.
That’s actually okay. Getting straight with yourself about having made the
decision to stay where you are can be just as powerful as the decision to
move. Why? Because sometimes recognizing that you willingly put yourself
in a place where you are unhappy is often all the impetus required to make an
opening for real and lasting change. This has to be done without blaming
yourself and turning yourself into a victim of some internal blip or character
“flaw”. In the moment you realize you have cognitively and systematically
put yourself here, guess what? That’s right, you can cognitively and
systematically get yourself out! This is also the foundation of granting
yourself the grace of acceptance, of embracing what has been and daring
yourself to reach for an unimaginable future.
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the
things which he has not, but rejoices for those which
he has”
- Epictetus
By stating and facing your unwillingness to change, you can take stock of
yourself and your life and begin to create a sliver of light for you to at least
start. The secret is, once you’ve separated the task (or whatever it is you are
dealing with), from the drama of the past, you may find yourself more open
to tackling it. You’ll be able to get past the emotional swirl and straight to the
heart of the issue itself.
REACHING FOR THE STARS WITH SHORT
ARMS
Some goals simply aren’t connected to our reality. Don’t get me wrong, I am
all for reaching for the stars and striving for things that seem impossible. For