07/15/2023
Might might ruffle some feathers on this one…
but…
You know what’s really easy?
Doing the same thing over and over again
But it won’t get you any results.
You know what’s hard?
Deciding to
change your mind
Change your narrative
and change your behaviors.
But you WILL get results.
What results?
Being happy. Being in love. Feeling safe.
For starters at least…
See if you choose to do things differently you get different results
But if you choose to have your own personal groundhogs day
Reliving the same events again and again
Maybe with slight variations…
But nothing that exceeds the comfort zone of stillness
Then you will not get results
You will be a statue of sadness
In a mausoleum of misery
And perhaps some will come and lay roses at your feet
And shed a tear for your fate
But you’ll be living off pity
Resenting those who won’t provide it freely for you
Fueling the sadness the stillness and the misery
The vicious circle of justification and sadness
Preventing any chance of breaking free of the concrete that encases you
of getting to the day after groundhogs day
Time feels slow motion
The mind feels unsafe
The world becomes small
Does this sound like something worth choosing?
Because you can if you want
It is your right to choose whatever life you’d like
I exercised that right for far too long
Frozen. Suffocating. Overwhelmed.
Until I changed.
Changed my mindset
Changed my narrative
Changed my story
Then life started happening FOR me
Instead of TO me
But most choose never to choose change
To remain a stiff sulking statue.
Which is why I ask you to choose different.
Now if you are reading this saying
…Sam that makes no sense
If you are unhappy all the time…
… why would you choose to stay still?
To avoid change?
Well the truth is your brain likes patterns
It likes knowing exactly what to expect
Even if that means expecting to be depressed and anxious
Even if that means expecting to be angry or in pain
Even if that’s expecting to be a victim
Predictable is comfortable
Comfort leads to complacency
And complacency is the killer of change
And change is the only thing that can save you
From the misery mausoleum
Because nothing changes if nothing changes
So choose change
Get comfortable being uncomfortable
Because comfortable does not equal safety
You create safety inside of yourself.
So be open to change
Change your narrative and change your mind
You are not your past
You are not your trauma
Your are not your current state of being
Change your behaviors
Just because you have done something over and over
Does not mean you need to do it again
You are not stuck
You are capable of taking action
action takers get results!
Change your habits
Change your life
What if you find happiness?
What if you find fulfillment?
What if you find Love?
What if you create your own safety?
You can.
You just have to choose it.
What is one thing you can choose to do differently to grow and improve today?
