The Beginning

The moments after we begin to change are the hardest.

It feels like everything is getting worse. We find awareness and believe all we've discovered is that we're awful.

It can feel that way. I felt that way. I was wrong.

If we step back, what we're doing is allowing ourselves to stare into the eyes of discomfort.

It is uncomfortable. It is NOT dangerous.

We've been taught that discomfort is bad. That failing is bad. That being imperfect is bad.

These are all lies.

Discomfort is how we discover what needs work. Failure is eliminating choices. Perfection is a silly pursuit.

We are more than the people we have been. We are more than our mistakes.

Let's start being the people we wish to become. We can control that.