continuous awareness
Since your authentic life is an evolution, it’s important to maintain continuous awareness of where you are in relation to your authentic Self.
At times, it can be difficult to know if the life you are living is holding onto the past and keeping you from continuing with your evolution. Eventually, it will become obvious that holding onto the past for too long will bring frustration, discontentment, and unhappiness. But, there is a period of time when the vision you are pursuing contains components of the past, which are still a part of your present, and components of the future, or what you need to be doing to get to the future vision.
I’m not sure if that makes sense–I know what I’m trying to explain, but I’m not sure if it comes across clearly as written.
Let’s take a look at an example using careers since that’s easy for most of us to visualize:
There are aspects of your career that you enjoy, have always done, and are fruitful in the present moment, BUT how they currently show up in your life are not fully in alignment with the future version of your authentic life and Self you are pursuing. These are aspects that you enjoy and are good at, so it’s not easy to think about changing them or even giving them up; it’d be easier to recognize that these things need to go if you’re unhappy, but since that’s not the case, it’s hard to commit to making a change when life is currently “good.”
The only way to know when it’s time to make changes and to allow evolution to take you to the next version of your Self is to be continuously aware of who you are, where you’re going, and have the ability to be honest with your Self about what truly aligns with the authentic life you are pursuing.
Many times this is easy.
But sometimes, it’s not.
When you find your Self in a period when it’s not, reflect on what your heart is telling you and where it is guiding you, and use that internal guidance to help you evaluate the changes you might need to make.
See you tomorrow and keep pursuing,
JC
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