How do I move from not knowing what I want, to knowing what I want? …. And what am I supposed to do in the mean time?
I know that I can’t simply suspend decision making until I know (Because not deciding is deciding … It is deciding to do nothing)
I also know that I can’t wait around for knowing to come to me. (Because knowing comes from doing and is called experience)
Suspending decision making and waiting around for inspiration are actually two of the largest contributing factors to feeling that we don’t know what we want.
Here is the good news: We do all know what we want. We are just at different degrees of proficiency at avoiding that knowledge. It takes quite a chunk of energy to keep that knowledge hidden. This means that when we stop hiding and we allow that knowledge to come to the surface, we have a huge amount of freed up energy that comes with it. This energy is very helpful in going about getting what we want.
The knowledge of what we want is uncovered through a learning process through which we meet our own need to learn about ourselves. Human beings learn by trial and error, (this means by experience and most importantly, noticing our response to it) there is no other way. Not making a decision is postponing the class on what I want indefinitely. Not taking action and not trying something just because, bangs the door in the face of self-knowledge.
When we decide and we take action, we set in motion the experience. If we then pay attention to our internal responses, mental, emotional and physical (there are quite a few more) we will learn who we are and what we want.
(Paying attention is the opposite of judging.)
Today, I will notice the areas in my life where I am undecided. I will list the little things that are still up in the air.
Today I will make one small decision, just for today, and I will act on it.
Today I will make a commitment to myself to allow my true desires to make themselves known to me.
Today I will make an affirmation to this end that I will use each day this week.
Today, gently I will not to judge myself.
Today I will take a small step towards truly knowing what I want.
What I want – A one Day Workshop
By Self-Esteem for Action
See our Caledar for dates of cousres in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth.
I know that I can’t simply suspend decision making until I know (Because not deciding is deciding … It is deciding to do nothing)
I also know that I can’t wait around for knowing to come to me. (Because knowing comes from doing and is called experience)
Suspending decision making and waiting around for inspiration are actually two of the largest contributing factors to feeling that we don’t know what we want.
Here is the good news: We do all know what we want. We are just at different degrees of proficiency at avoiding that knowledge. It takes quite a chunk of energy to keep that knowledge hidden. This means that when we stop hiding and we allow that knowledge to come to the surface, we have a huge amount of freed up energy that comes with it. This energy is very helpful in going about getting what we want.
The knowledge of what we want is uncovered through a learning process through which we meet our own need to learn about ourselves. Human beings learn by trial and error, (this means by experience and most importantly, noticing our response to it) there is no other way. Not making a decision is postponing the class on what I want indefinitely. Not taking action and not trying something just because, bangs the door in the face of self-knowledge.
When we decide and we take action, we set in motion the experience. If we then pay attention to our internal responses, mental, emotional and physical (there are quite a few more) we will learn who we are and what we want.
(Paying attention is the opposite of judging.)
Today, I will notice the areas in my life where I am undecided. I will list the little things that are still up in the air.
Today I will make one small decision, just for today, and I will act on it.
Today I will make a commitment to myself to allow my true desires to make themselves known to me.
Today I will make an affirmation to this end that I will use each day this week.
Today, gently I will not to judge myself.
Today I will take a small step towards truly knowing what I want.
What I want – A one Day Workshop
By Self-Esteem for Action
See our Caledar for dates of cousres in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth.
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