Rebounding is such an ongoing process, there really is no end and no beginning. Ultimately acknowledging that can be freeing but it can also be extremely frustrating! I run into the feelings of “when will this ever be OVER?” time and time again. What I’m really hitting on with that frustration is actually where all the good stuff really sits waiting for us…
Celebrating the rebounding process – the process of recovering from setbacks and failures in life – is about putting the emphasis on the PROCESS instead of an end result that seems to continually elude us. Sure, there are times that are more intense than others….times that you truly feel like you are walking through a desert…but if we choose to look instead at the opportunities, rather than the obstacles, we shift into a place that allows us a completely different approach.
I thought that once my book was published (check it out HERE), I would feel like I was done wandering in the desert….I would feel perhaps at least a bit more like I had “arrived.” And yet, seeing that NOT produce those feelings pulls me back to the reminder that there is no end, there is no arrival that matters, except to an internal place of satisfaction that I AM and by doing my best, I am on the path, the only path that is all unfolding perfectly for me. Feeling “broke” is a feeling that is created by an attachment to not having enough, and particularly for most, not having enough money. Having just encountered the most serious financial setback (bankruptcy and business loss) in my lifetime, I have visited this feeling many many times. My story is a rags to riches and back to rags….and back to riches story. And the real focus in the story needs to be on the path that is the continuous thread throughout.
Own your moment right now. Take 100% responsiblity for this moment. How are you choosing to use it? Are you using it to believe in, feel about, and contribute to being “broke” or are you claiming the opportunity for positive change and taking action, thinking thoughts, contributing to feelings that build you up and make you wealthy? Actions and feelings like those of GRATITUDE, FORGIVENESS, CONFIDENCE, EMPOWERMENT, COURAGE, and INITIATIVE?
The frustration we feel over being broke is a big red flag waving…it says “SOMETHING IS NOT ALIGNED HERE! PAY ATTENTION!!” Maybe that red flag is pointing to your desire for positive financial rewards but an attitude of victimization, laziness, confusion, and yes, downright, pitifulness. I know at times, it has pointed to just that for me. Losing myself in the fog of feeling disempowered, I spent too much time thinking about what I did wrong, what went wrong that I couldn’t control, what was wrong now, and so on.
My call to action for you today is to grab onto a TAKE CHARGE attitude and go make some massive ripples in your pond today. Take some new action (even a bad plan is better than no plan!) and shake things up – after all, doing the same things,
feeling the same feelings, feeding yourself the same “broke” self-talk is not going to get you different results! Carpe diem!
