Tony Robbins once said “the more rules you have about how people have to be, how life has to be for you to be happy, the less happy you’re going to be” When I read this it made me stop in my tracks. This simple statement had me necessarily questioning and gauging where I currently am in my growth zone.
It pushed me to pause and reflect, to honestly evaluate my toxic traits & those things holding me in old patterns and pulling myself up when finding myself reacting or making decisions purely based on ego. Assessing and addressing those things that for sure do not align with not only my highest sense of self, but that which no longer serves me.
I’m so grateful for this lesson, especially now more than ever during another lockdown, with fear and contentious energy clouding the collective awareness for one reason or another, because It gave me a nudge to look at myself and my life as well as those people in it from all perspectives.
Providing me the knowledge that putting expectations on yourself, your relationships, romantic or otherwise, how you think life ought to be based on ego, what we think we deserve based on ego, can be the biggest cause of feeling unsatisfied with the now. This is what causes a disconnect between what we have and what we think we want.
When we feel disconnected, this is when the negative starts to creep back in and we begin again to react from our toxicity, paving the way back in to old patterns. Its a lesson Wildlings, in reminding ourselves that yes, life is throwing challenges our way and yes we are having to really dig deep to find the resilience that is already inside of ourselves, however it should also be a lesson in gratitude and realising that it could always be worse! Reminding us that we are always one decision away from being in somebody else’s shoes.
The grass is NOT always greener on the other side, it is greener where we tend to it, where we water and feed it, where we put in the work and care for it, so I urge you to keep your heads held up and looking forward. Keep battling your toxic traits to create the life that you’re dreaming of and remain focused on the things that you have to be grateful for, the blessings you have in your life. Find the joy in the little things and remember to keep smiling! 🦋
Mr Gibbous and The Wildling 