I have a “depleting belief.” It’s depleting because when it triggers, my life forces starts depleting.
The belief is not in my head. Or, at least not JUST in my head. I know better. Still… such is the nature of limiting beliefs. We know better, and yet the dynamic still exists within us and impacts our living (and thriving).
For me, it is a reaction to a challenge. Somehow, a “challenge” means I am unprepared (like being unprepared for a test). A challenge means I failed to do (or not do) “something” (not even God knows what!) to avoid it being a challenge!
Silly, eh?
And so normal. I was trained from a child that challenges meant I was less than the A+ student, less than the competent Good and Prepared Person that I value being.
(shaking my head)
Yet, challenges are a part of EVERYONE’s LIFE! Those I know who are thriving – have challenges they engage with every day. There’s an aliveness in challenges. Crafting a thriving life is challenging. Strengthening a changing and aging body is challenging. Being of hearty and aligned service with and for others is challenging.
Lovership is challenging. Finding lovership is challenging.
Finding kinship is challenging. Maintaining and deepening kinship is challenging.
Because if there is no challenge in it, is it not…
Mundane. Uninspiring. Trivial. Demotivating.
Deadening even…
This is where my work is this week. I am seeking to take the old “reaction” around challenges being a negative indicator (even a punishment) and recast them now and onwards as being full of reward!
It’s so rewarding to RISE into these hearty challenges. I am going to tap into my strengths, activate my curiosity, and strengthen aspects of myself as I go onwards.
Notice how I am integrating “rewarding” into this fresh energy pattern. As an animal I have a reward system (you do, too). It’s practical to include that activation energy into recasting a belief from depleting… to enlivening. Into one that brings flow TO us, full-filling us.
Curious if any of y’all have a bit of this, too? Want to explore it together?
https://www.thrivingnow.center/t/rising-into-our-challenges/1383
RickThrivingNow / Rick ~ ThrivingNow
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2024-07-09 14:38:54
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