When I decided to go all in with my growth journey, what I was envisioning was this.
The glorious mountain peaks where I could climb to reach a beautiful observatory.
From there I could see my life and life's work more clearly.
Peak moments feel deeply satisfying, but are a slippery foundation as they only last so long.
I envisioned the beautiful path filled with wildflowers and sunny cliffs around me, as I traveled.
I thought mostly about the comfortable parts of the path.
Yet sunny days come and go and my growth needs the rainy days too.
What I now see as equally important, is different.
If our growth journey would be a constant happy path, what would it assure us?
That when it gets tough and it rains cats and dogs for days, we're not doing the right thing, right?
Wouldn't it be so intriguing to label some parts of our growth journey with the following labels?
Nice & easy, a.ka. worth doing, and sweaty & difficult, a.ka. waste of time.
When I said yes to running my own business I first thought I could choose just the comfortable parts of it.
But avoiding the things that really bring growth took me to a cycle of work without seeing the real fruit.
And that's equally uncomfortable.
What I learned was how surrendering to the hard parts of our growth journey can do to you and me.
How it shakes us and forms us with new strength we didn't know we could possess.
What is the hard you're choosing today?
Can you see how it takes you where you want to go?
Hugs,
Pia
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