There are times when you are up and times when you are down. As a life coach, so often my clients try to push through the times that they are down. They try to motivate themselves. Unfortunately this extends the period of time that they feel unmotivated. When you resist where you are, you amplify it and make it worse.
They key is to relax into it and ride the waves of energy as they rise and fall. There will be times when you are hot and times when you are not. Times of great creativity and energy and times of no inspiration and you feel totally blah. If you will honor the times of blah and just rest, inspiration will come back sooner. If you panic and try to GET MOTIVATED, then you will just get more frustrated.
What’s the moral of the story? Chill out, relax and rest when the body is going in that direction. Don’t worry. The waves of energy will return and you will soon be riding high again.
Sometimes you have to take a stand for what you believe in. Sometimes the entire structure of your life is fighting against your deepest desire. These moments of extreme resistance, breakdown and depression are actually transition points from one type of living to the next.
New life come with a hefty price. It is destructive. Your old life will fight back, push you down and tell you that you can’t have what you want.
In those moments you must learn to tame The Drunk Monkey and take a stand for what you believe is possible. It’s not easy, it’s not effortless and it’s not enjoyable. It’s scary and hard. But the reward of your new life is worth the temporary pain and destruction. So go for it.
Are you willing to take a stand for the life you want?
Most think that if I am truly being free, then I can do what ever I want. Nope! That is being a slave to your wants. Your wants are almost always a reaction to something from the past. Your wants are usually about NOT being something, NOT doing something or NOT being dominated by something.
True freedom comes out of discipline. The discipline of observing The Drunk Monkey (your mind) and not allowing its fear to run your life. The discipline of seeing The Drunk Monkey for what it really is. These two disciplines give you the freedom to choose thoughts and perceptions that support your true desires. Once you are clear about your true desires/purpose you must begin to do battle with all the habits that are not giving you what you really want out of life.
To break the habits that you created out of the fear of not fitting in, trying to look good, and all the other hallucinated survival tactics, you must exert discipline. The Drunk Monkey habitually pulls you back to the familiar. The familiar is a set of entrenched habits that currently has you trapped in the life you are living.
To live the life of your dreams takes massive discipline.
This is a quote I saw on the back of a wine bottle the other night and thought it was worth commenting on.
“If feelings fail you vain will be your course. And idle what you plan unless your art springs from the soul with elemental force.”
This is my interpretation. “If feelings fail you vain will be your course.” When you are not connected to your feelings, your heart, you are connected to your mind, The Drunk Monkey. The Drunk Monkey is all about getting ahead, manipulating and strategizing to stay alive. This is self-centered, vain behavior.
“And idle what you plan unless your art springs from your soul with elemental force.” Stop taking action until you are inspired. If you take actions based on The Drunk Monkey’s goals to dominate, get ahead, stay alive, be important etc, then you will win the battle but lose the war. You can achieve your goals but you will be left feeling empty. Wait to be pulled forward by your inspiration and your goals and dreams will happen in magical ways and leave you feeling satisfied and complete.
October 28, 2009 – 7:57 am
There are times when you are up and times when you are down. As a life coach, so often my clients try to push through the times that they are down. They try to motivate themselves. Unfortunately this extends the period of time that they feel unmotivated. When you resist where you are, you amplify it and make it worse.
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Sometimes you have to take a stand for what you believe in. Sometimes the entire structure of your life is fighting against your deepest desire. These moments of extreme resistance, breakdown and depression are actually transition points from one type of living to the next.
Most think that if I am truly being free, then I can do what ever I want. Nope! That is being a slave to your wants. Your wants are almost always a reaction to something from the past. Your wants are usually about NOT being something, NOT doing something or NOT being dominated by something.
, then be on the call today and let’s get to the bliss together!!
