October 2013
Welcome --
" If at first, you don't succeed,
try, try again."
Let's rewrite this proverb right now. Let's replace the word "try" with allow
. It immediately shifts the energy of the intention and creates all kinds of possibilities.
How?
Try is a very limited/limiting option. There can be only success or failure. Period. It can also give us an easy cop
out -- a "reason" to walk away from a challenge: "Well, that didn't work out."; "There's only so much I can do."
Allowing gives the situation breathing room -- many points along the spectrum that can frame a choice, task, or practice. It also takes the pressure off of us for needing to be so perfect. There's an expansion, a softening, an inclusion way beyond the limits of "trying".
When we allow, we can meander a bit more. We can edge forward, side step, retreat, wander and even stop entirely while we collect ourselves. Options become dimensional rather than linear. The pressure is off. Stepping out of our comfort zone becomes less daunting.
The Practice?
Pause
Breathe
Drop the word "try" from your vocabulary.
Replace it with "allow".
Give Your Self permission just to be. See where/ how the possibilities take you. I sense you'll find things much easier -- and -- forgiving.