For many of us, we like the status quo; we like cruising in our comfort zone; we enjoy our habits, rituals and sameness. In this time of staying at home to shelter ourselves and our families from the coronavirus pandemic, many of those habits and rituals have been disrupted. We’ve been forced to make a change – and we’re not always happy about it!
But, assuming everyone in your life is healthy, maybe this time is a gift, a chance to assess where your “pre-pandemic” life was – and where you’d like it to be.
We often SAY we’d like to make a change, yet we don’t do anything about it. “All talk and no action” is generally driven by fear of change. This fear supersedes our dreams for a different and better life. And so we settle because things are “good enough”.
I’ll go so far as to call it “the curse of good enough”. Why is it a curse? Because it condemns you to a life of mediocrity. It preempts the necessary risk-taking that will lead you to the greatness you are destined for in your lifetime on this planet.
But fear of change can uproot your aspirations before they have a chance to bloom. And then you reinforce that fear with excuses you start to believe.
“I’m too old – too young – too tired – not smart enough – not experienced enough – too late – too early, to make a change in my life.”
You already hold all the wisdom, strength, and confidence you need to create whatever vision you have for your life; and as you progress through this book, together we’ll work to claim your vision.
Fear will always be lurking in the background, trying to tell you what you can’t do. It’s up to you to face your fears and tell yourself what you can do. Otherwise, you doom yourself to a life of mediocrity. You’ll purposefully settle for “good enough”.
Once you commit to make constructive changes in your life, you’ll stop shrinking or playing small. When it comes to expressing your limitless potential, you can overcome fear of change without hitting rock bottom and without sacrificing your dreams.
In one of my favorite books, A Return to Love, Marianne Williamson writes: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be?”