Being with the status quo does not come easily to me. I crave change and I bring a context that if I’m always moving towards something different from where I am, I don’t have to accept or take a stand that where I am is just fine. Because that would risk my being WRONG. What if I were being a fool to decide right now is good enough? Can’t have that! So in motion I go…
I’m working on a context that acceptance doesn’t have to equal “settling.” It doesn’t have to (and shouldn’t!) be a cop out from what you really want. I know I start from where I am, regardless of how much I like or dislike that starting point. I do not have the discipline around exercise and particularly eating (or not!) that a good friend of mine does. I admire her and sometimes resent her for her commitment. Most of those judgments do not get me anywhere better I want to go. They leave me with the same body plus some icky feelings and self loathing. Yuck! So here goes… my new empowered context. I CHOOSE ME, MY BODY, RIGHT NOW JUST AS IT IS. And whatever improvements I will make will start from right here.
What do you do? Do you celebrate who you are in each and every way, even as an access to working on stuff you don’t like? Or fight it and run from it because you don’t like it? How’s that working for you?
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