accepting your starting line
Sometimes the first step in moving towards your Authentic Life is accepting where you are—your starting line.
You can keep your Self stuck, playing the victim, wishing for different circumstances, or creating excuses about why you can’t move toward your Authentic Life. But the truth is, you start where you are—it’s the only place you can start.
Some people have better starting lines, at least as it appears to us in the external world, but we don’t know what’s going on internally. Judging your starting line against someone else’s is not productive in your Pursuit of your Authentic Life.
On the surface, someone born into extreme wealth has a better starting line than most of us. But what we can’t see is the internal struggle they face because they don’t have a sense of identity outside of the wealth they were born into. In addition to the struggle, they feel alone because no one wants to hear them complain, even though they have it made financially. For this individual, extreme wealth does not create a better starting line. Yet, accepting this as their starting line is the only way to move forward.
We all start where we are.
And that begins with accepting whatever circumstances we find our Selves in and not letting them hold us in place. It’s the lack of acceptance that keeps you from getting past the difficulties in your life and making them better.
Acceptance removes the barriers and allows you to see the possibilities and ultimately begin living your Authentic Life and achieving everything that comes along with it.
You are where you are.
The sooner you accept it, the sooner you can begin to move towards the life you are being called to.
See you tomorrow and keep pursuing,
JC
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