Surprise: Episode 82, “Take the Pressure Off,” is back in the library with a fresh edit.
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Have you ever wanted something so badly, only to be stunned when it finally happened? Stunned that it was really happening, that you’d made it to that moment. Overwhelmed by emotions and thoughts, even by the people around you cheering you on. It all felt good. Then I suddenly realized that I was both grateful and overwhelmed, and that being so overloaded wasn’t good for me.
I felt as if I were in the fast lane, never stopping, always racing from one thing to the next and from one role to another. I’m a mother, a friend, a partner, an Emotional Healer, and a speaker. I also share messages with the world. Praise be His name. That adds up to a million responsibilities, and that’s before we even get to the noise of the world. The world makes a lot of noise.
Here’s the honest truth about me: I’m driven and hardworking. I also use this strategy: throw my bag over the fence so I have no choice but to go after it. That’s how I get myself moving. I love deadlines. I love having goals, ambitions, and dreams, and I have a strong work ethic. But reaching the summit only to lie there like a slaughtered cat no longer works for me. So I stopped.
I stopped, and voices rushed in to fill the vacuum I’d left behind, because there is no such thing as empty space in this world. They said, “You’re such a loser. Why are you stopping? This is what you wanted! This is what you asked for! So what’s going on? Are you going to shut yourself away in a cave? You’re running away from your problems!”
Then came the fear of disappointing people. Know that feeling? I do. I immediately reminded myself, for the millionth time: if I have to choose between disappointing myself and disappointing someone else, of course I’ll choose to disappoint the other person. For years, that wasn’t clear to me. Even now, I sometimes get confused. So I remind myself, and I’m reminding you too: always choose to disappoint other people rather than yourself.
In a sense, we were made to disappoint one another, because that’s often what happens when we refuse to disappoint ourselves. That is our central work in this game of life: paying more attention to ourselves and less to everyone else.
Listen in and find out how it’s done.
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