You cannot fly high like an eagle while simultaneously trying to fit in with the turkeys
Yesterday we had someone come over to the café who talked about her difficulty to make real change in her life. She had been struggling for many years to go her way and continuously found herself between the two most entrapping emotions which are fear and guilt. Fear to make the jump, she felt in her heart was really needed, guilt towards her everyday environment who has always been so nice to her and who she would have to leave behind.
I would not like to feed all the people in the world who find themselves trapped between these two stagnating emotions, fear and guilt.
How many people are in your life that stick to their old unfulfilling lives because they are taken hostage by these 2 emotions? Living a life of quiet desperation and growing old having had a life that was not even 10% of what it could have been.
I know many such people. But for some reason they lack the courage to break free from their bondage. They die being a prisoner, although they will never admit that to you and will find all sorts of reasons to justify why they are where they are and why they stay where they stay. It is sad but true.
Our environment does not want us to shine, at least very few do. Most want us to stick to the mediocre lives that most live, not living their dream, not living their passion. And the more people agree to this kind of thinking, the more it seems to become acceptable. 'You can't have it all', they say. Or, "you need to compromise".
But be sure that the moment you want to break out, all hell will break lose and most in your environment will do everything to stop you from going, by engulfing you with fear, telling you that your will return, once you see that your vision is not so beautiful as you think it is. Some will accuse you that you do not do ' the right thing', blame you for not being responsible. Being responsible means to them that you stick to a promise that you once made, when you were still sleeping and did not know any better.
You will have to fight your inner devils, your inner jury who accuses you and tries to bring you down. But if you succeed you will have created a beautiful foundation and wings to really start flying. Just know that in your escape, you will have the odds against you and people trying to stop you when you make a run for it. It is up to you to develop the flight of the eagle or remain amongst the fear of the turkeys...Just ask yourself what was worth while when that day comes that you blow your final breath.
Cris
Cyres
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