The Heavy Burden of Choice
COUNSELLING
Written by Rachel Mehaffey
People are a choice we make
Life is truly full of choices, but does that mean life is easier as a result. At any time we have the 'power to choose' but what if the choices we have just serve to confuse us more. We can so easily become muddled in the sheer volume of what our minds are trying to process and our bodies attempt to change. In short, it can really suck but we are also all powerful for it. What we have to make sure we do is make our choices for change from a place that serves us the most.
See choices are always in front of us but maybe the ones we make differ as influenced by the place we are standing now, from what we have experienced and does that mean the choices we are making will serve us the future we are wanting...
Choices based on the past and those made in the present (which are more often than not only with future in mind) can be skewed. Our future is where we are headed but if we have found something truly great in the now, why would you walk away from it for a fear it doesn't fit into the vision of something that has not even happened yet. Let go of something unique, rare, real: so in your minds eye you are headed in the right direction. Sometimes choices are just too hard!
What I have found is there is really only one constant focus that will serve you in any given situation and that is always on loving yourself first. On living your best life and looking after what is only as far as the space of your own flesh. Making sure you get you right before you focus on someone else. Health is paramount to being happy, but so is prioritising the right people to share that space.
We are always looking to the future and what we have to be doing now to ensure the picture paints itself as closely to the imagined as possible. A set end goal and a predetermined vision. We are so set in what the outcome is we could be overlooking something great standing right here and right now. The very thing set to make your future great because you enjoyed the journey getting there, not just focused on the destination.
There is no perfect person for us, there is no perfect place to be, there are not assured destinations and life is a mixed muddle of trying and failing time and time again. Choices are a gift but also a heavy weight to bare. Perhaps the choice here is loosening the reins on what you 'have to have' in your future, for what you have right here that makes you happy then - enjoying the wild ride.
Keep it Simple - Sugar
Rach xx
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