Choosing LIFE Requires Courage

My parents speak 4 languages fluently.
I speak one fluently, the other 3 are basic.

I had LOTS of opportunities to be fluent in all 4.
But I stopped myself because I was afraid of being seen as a beginner.
I’ll go a step further, I felt ashamed to be a beginner.

It takes courage to fail. With people watching.
It takes courage to keep your goal at the forefront and to keep not getting it until you do.

I decided that stumbling to find my words in front of the fluent wasn’t an experience I was willing to have repeatedly.

I was more committed to managing others’ perceptions of me than I was to the practice of learning and doing something I wanted to do.

It would’ve been awesome to have had a life coach then (I was in my late teens-early 20s) because I’d nip the unnecessary mind drama in the bud and stay working at fluency.

I would’ve gotten something real important:
Girl, you can’t save your ass and your face at the same time.

I didn’t get all this then, but I get it now.

I can still choose to re-learn, practice, and work at language fluency.
To get over myself and be OK with not having my words sound like I know the language inside and out.
To fall and fail over and over and over and over until I get it.

My desire for fluency today is a lot less than it was when I was actively practicing.
But there’s still a whisper of a desire.
And I’m acknowledging it.
And I know what to do about it.

You might be reading this and toying with some kind of new beginning in your mind.
You’ve been at your job for 7 years and you feel confident there.
You’re fluent at your job.
And you could teach other people how to do what you do in your sleep.

The problem is that this job is old news.

You dream of becoming a Reiki practitioner and starting a wellness practice.
But you work in finance and tech.
This new direction doesn’t make logical sense.

But you want it.

You delay because you’re afraid.

Knowing what you know now, you realize it’s time to choose.

You can choose to look good on the outside and stay at that job for another 5 years.
At least everyone will think highly of you, right?

But you’ll be dissatisfied and wonder “what if?”

You can also choose courage.
You can choose to get clear about why you love this new venture.
And go for it.

Let’s get this next bit out of the way.
With new beginnings come so much discomfort.
It’ll be excruciating at times.

You’ll be confronted with old perceptions of who you think you are and new perceptions of the person you’re becoming.

It’s not going to feel good.
And that’s great news.
Because you’re choosing LIFE.

If you’re almost there, not quite there, but want to be there choosing life, growth, and excellence…I can help you with that.

I can help you choose courage and take the necessary actions until you get where you’re wanting to go. No matter what.

Get started by scheduling your life coaching consultation.

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