What does the deep end mean to you?
Let’s run through an exercise where all change begins. It will get you on to the path you most desire.
What are your thoughts about deep water? Write them all down. The good, the bad, and the ugly. Fill up a paper without editing.
Then take time to sort your thoughts and see which ones are reality-based and which are purely your imagination. It is likely that most of them are imagined and untrue.
Sort the ones that you imagined into useful and not useful categories.
Here are some examples of thoughts that are not useful:
- It is scary
- I don’t know what to do
- It is not safe
- I have to know how to tread to be safe
Here are some examples of thoughts that are useful:
- I know the pace that is right for me
- I can figure out the steps
- The water works the same in shallow and deep water
- I do not go beyond where I can stay connected to myself
We have thousands of thoughts a day. Most of them are not true and not useful. Becoming aware is step number one.
What you desire most simply takes following the steps.
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