One of the most powerful perspective shakeups this lifetime was years ago when I lived on the farm in Bell Center. Our chickens were free range and the chicken house was down a ways on our dark driveway. I needed to go down and shut the door after the chickens went in at night. I remember noticing my fear walking in the dark and asked myself what was I scared of? I heard myself respond “the wild things”. A beat and then I heard a voice in my head say “but You are a wild thing too. You have tools and a brain to plan with and they have tooth and claw. You are a wild thing amongst wild things”. Boom!
And I have never been afraid of walking in the dark since then. In fact I prefer walking in the dark. I feel like i sense things , hear things better, even see things outside better without the blinding quality of a flashlight. That insight produced such a dramatic change in my life experience, I would so love to have something equally powerful now Obviously I can’t stomp my foot and demand a Damascus moment, but I can chose to walk into discomfort and ask myself what’s going on. Comfort addiction, safe and warm is wonderful but it does not feed the potential of Boom!
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