As in, there is no endgame. I resonate with the idea of "having to be somewhere else".
Youâll likely emerge at some point into a clearing and feel the urge to pronounce yourself healedâthat youâre now ârid of that stuff.â Thatâs a trap, because the next little whiff of âthat stuffâ has the potential to drag you right down again, and your mind can turn ANYTHING into âthat stuffâ when the fear alarm is ringing. Be OK with being a work forever in progress. Allow for a place for pain in your life. Thatâs always been reality. Your mind will come up with crackpot theories about how you can find a new life with no pain or unease at all. Thatâs a lie. What happens if you buy into all that? Well, no version of reality has a chance of ever being good enough, and your mind just keeps saying âAhhh! Keep running! Keep fighting! Weâre not there yet!â I beg to differ. Even now, in the midst of pain, youâre so very, very close to the valued and fulfilling life you seek, because what you are right now is all that you truly need. Challenge the notion that you have to get to âsomewhere else.â There are things about our habits that we all need to change, but we can start by just learning to see, to be here, and to care.