Seriously?
Seriously. There's been a story that has been running your entire life and you may not even know it. Or, you may know it but have absolutely no idea how to get out of it.
Don't worry. It's not your fault.
This lie touches everyones life and no one is free from its grasp.
Knowing this lie and what it does to your life can literally change your world.
I know that it can change lives because it changed mine.
Here's the BIG lie: there's an island where it all turns out.
Let me explain.
Take a second to imagine that you are in a boat constantly rowing towards this island where your happiness lives. You can see your ideal life: the car, the partner, the house, the job etc. When you think of this place you believe that you will be happy.
The bad news is this place doesn't exist.
This place is an absolute mirage.
What makes this mirage so impossibly sexy is that you believe that your happiness lives there. That alone will keep you rowing your boat as much as you possibly can.
Worse yet, it's not just about the rowing that is bad, it's what this type of attitude brings out in you. When you are living from this frame of mind, you end up seeing life as very linear, black and white, timeline-esque, future driven, progress driven...and when things don't go "according to plan" or don't show up as "how they should be" everything gets incredible messy.
It will bring out anxiety, fear, doubt, worry, and pretty much every other negative emotion in the book because you aren't slowing down at all and constantly seeking a place you will never get to.
THIS CAN BE INCREDIBLY EXHAUSTING.
Most people in this world never get the chance to really understand that they are living this way and that they are stuck in a cycle that is incredibly hard to break out of. If they do stop and look around for a while, they quickly get back in their boat because they believe their happiness lives in the future.
What do you think mid-life crisis is all about?
So what do you need to do to take yourself out of the "rowing mentality?"
Be an amoeba. A what?! Yes, an amoeba...you know those ever-shifting microscopic creatures that you probably studied in some science class along the way? Ok I guess I'll have to explain further.
When you start viewing your life as an ever-changing, shifting, and morphing entity you end up focusing more on growth. You see life as very colorful, an opportunity for learning, experiences, change and development.
It gets even better.
When you start living in this way the best sides of you are brought out and you can truly live in the present moment.
Start living in the present. You can spend your entire life rowing to this place you will never get to or you can connect with what is right in front of you.
When you slow down to connect with others and what's going on around you, you will start to see incredible changes in your life.
There's no telling what's possible for you.
So pull your oars out of the water and ask yourself right now, "What's actually here? What's really going on in my life? What do I have to be grateful for?
Quit rowing.
Seriously. There's been a story that has been running your entire life and you may not even know it. Or, you may know it but have absolutely no idea how to get out of it.
Don't worry. It's not your fault.
This lie touches everyones life and no one is free from its grasp.
Knowing this lie and what it does to your life can literally change your world.
I know that it can change lives because it changed mine.
Here's the BIG lie: there's an island where it all turns out.
Let me explain.
Take a second to imagine that you are in a boat constantly rowing towards this island where your happiness lives. You can see your ideal life: the car, the partner, the house, the job etc. When you think of this place you believe that you will be happy.
The bad news is this place doesn't exist.
This place is an absolute mirage.
What makes this mirage so impossibly sexy is that you believe that your happiness lives there. That alone will keep you rowing your boat as much as you possibly can.
Worse yet, it's not just about the rowing that is bad, it's what this type of attitude brings out in you. When you are living from this frame of mind, you end up seeing life as very linear, black and white, timeline-esque, future driven, progress driven...and when things don't go "according to plan" or don't show up as "how they should be" everything gets incredible messy.
It will bring out anxiety, fear, doubt, worry, and pretty much every other negative emotion in the book because you aren't slowing down at all and constantly seeking a place you will never get to.
THIS CAN BE INCREDIBLY EXHAUSTING.
Most people in this world never get the chance to really understand that they are living this way and that they are stuck in a cycle that is incredibly hard to break out of. If they do stop and look around for a while, they quickly get back in their boat because they believe their happiness lives in the future.
What do you think mid-life crisis is all about?
So what do you need to do to take yourself out of the "rowing mentality?"
Be an amoeba. A what?! Yes, an amoeba...you know those ever-shifting microscopic creatures that you probably studied in some science class along the way? Ok I guess I'll have to explain further.
When you start viewing your life as an ever-changing, shifting, and morphing entity you end up focusing more on growth. You see life as very colorful, an opportunity for learning, experiences, change and development.
It gets even better.
When you start living in this way the best sides of you are brought out and you can truly live in the present moment.
Start living in the present. You can spend your entire life rowing to this place you will never get to or you can connect with what is right in front of you.
When you slow down to connect with others and what's going on around you, you will start to see incredible changes in your life.
There's no telling what's possible for you.
So pull your oars out of the water and ask yourself right now, "What's actually here? What's really going on in my life? What do I have to be grateful for?
Quit rowing.
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