No Limits | The Freedom Blog™
You Have
Always Been On The Path
Written
by Steven Griggs | stevengriggs.com
“At the center of your being, you have the answer: you
know who you are, and you know what you want.”
Lao Tzu
“Every step is on the path.”
Lao Tzu
“Your own positive future begins in this moment. All
you have is right here. Every goal is possible from here.”
Lao Tzu
Sometimes
when I’m coaching a client they will say that they feel lost or that they feel they
may have missed their calling or they should have done this or shouldn’t have
done that.
I
let them go on for a minute or two as they explain their regret or frustration,
how they missed their chance, and how their life has passed them by.
Then
I tell them: “I understand what you’re saying but the truth is, it doesn’t matter.”
Everything
you are, you have done or not done has gotten you to this moment. You can’t
disown any of it. Or regret it or be sorry for it. You have to own every step
you’ve taken.
Because
every step you have taken has led you to this moment.
Whether
you are 20, 40 or 80, age doesn’t matter.
What
matters is that you acknowledge that you are right here, right now.
In
the place you currently find yourself.
In
the circumstances you currently find yourself.
Past
and future don’t matter.
What
matters is what’s next?
Feeling
that you are too old or past your prime or all used up is simply self-pity. You
aren’t any of those things.
Feeling
that you are too young and don’t know what you’re doing is also self-pity. Age
is irrelevant. Start by starting.
Unsure
about what you should be doing?
Stop
asking questions and take a look at how you feel. What feels right? What can
you picture yourself doing?
You
have every answer, right now. It’s all in there. You just have to stop asking
questions and start listening.
You
are forgetting who you are.
If
you don’t like your current circumstances, change them.
If
you feel you missed your calling, what is it?
If
you get started today but a few days later feel lost again, stop, get centered,
remember who you are and start again.
There
is no yesterday, there is no tomorrow, there is just right now.
Everything
starts from right now, right where you are at this moment.
Get going.
