We have all been there.
Difficult conversations about money.
Who wants that argument?
Or that snide look?
Or that silent treatment?
It’s easier to put it off.
Stuff it down.
Gloss over it.
But every time you hold back on telling your truth, you make fear more important than love.
Boom.
You make fear more important than love.
The good news when telling your truth:
No matter what response you get, the feeling of love is available to you.
You can choose to feel love.
Try something you haven’t done before.
Something you haven’t done because you think you are going to suck at it.
Or feel uncomfortable.
Make it a stretch.
But before you do, make an agreement with yourself that you aren’t going to beat yourself up for it.
It can be big… ask for a raise.
It can be small… smile at the next stranger.
Go.
Freedom.
I love the feeling.
Yes, I have become used to freedom here in the US.
We don’t appreciate it quite as intensely until we don’t have it.
Or it is threatened.
But recently I have been using the feeling of freedom as a steering mechanism.
As a compass.
What feels like freedom?
That’s what I steer towards.
I have been on a straight, steady path the last couple of years and I am ready to ramp things up.
Grow things.
Make mistakes.
Fall on my face and create miracles.
And even though some of those things feel crummy, rather than avoid them, my litmus test is this:
Does it feel like freedom?
If my gut says yes, I am full steam ahead.
What feels like freedom to you?