This "IS" It! - Personal Practice

I like to take chances!  I find it exciting, but stressful at the same time!

However, I often have to remind myself that it’s a choice that I’m making ot take the chance.

Sometimes the chances work out and sometimes they do not.  And my practice is to recognize that when a chance does not work out that it was a choice I made to take the chance.

I find myself talking through some of the chances I take that are challenging.  If you were a fly on the wall I’m sure you would think “Wow…Other people think this way too”!

I talk to myself out loud and say things like “I’m afraid.  Why am I afraid?  Is my ego getting in the way?  Am I listening closely to an inner voice of the past?  (The I can’t Voice)  Why can’t I let this go?  Wait.  I can let this go!  I can do this!  I need to acknowledge I’m afraid!  Do it scared!  I want this!  Make it happen!”

It’s a progression.  I first acknowledge that I am afraid.  That I’m putting myself out there and it’s scary to do that.

I then practice reminding myself that some chances I take may not work out and I’ll be disappointed and sad, or I’ll take rejection personally and get a little depressed.  And I remind myself this is a normal response to disappointment.

On the flip side, I may have a great outcome to a chance taken and I’ll think “Thank Goodness I Took That Chance!”  I’ll be proud of myself for putting myself out there.  And I remind myself this too is a normal response to success.

I just need to be careful of my ego beating me up too much or patting me on the back too much.

It’s all a gamble, it’s all a series of choices.  The challenge is to be aware of what is happening in any given moment.

This is life.

Be in it!  Life it!  Chance it!

It’s worth it!