there will be lies

Lies will tell you... if you dare choose wrong, you're doomed.

Lies will convince you... if you step off the perfect path, you will fail.

Lies will keep you... from living the life you were intended to live.

When you hear the lies, step back for a moment and remind yourself: 

These are mere lies. And you, my friend, are born for the truth.

Peace. Joy. Gratitude. These are beckoning you.

These are the things of truth you instead must choose.

Make it tangible:

• Close your eyes, breathe and let go.
• Pause, think of one thing that brings you joy and smile.
• Jot down 5 things you are grateful for.

be present

Choose to be present, even - or especially - in the small moments.

priorities pt. 2

(1) What are those things in your life that command such importance that they ought to be seen as priorities?

(2) Does this understanding align with your current time and resource investments?

Note: This will likely make you uncomfortable. Don't continue on as if you didn't read this. Stop. Now. Chew on it for a moment. Take one action that brings greater alignment. 

priorities

Do you ever stop to evaluate your to-do list and recognize that you've attributed false importance to things that lack meaning?

Be honest, are each of those things worth the worry? If not, stop feigning priority.

sights: color

choose

Indecision has a lot of costs.

You may tell yourself you can't decide. Too many options - you can't kill one off. Too many options - you need more data.

When you fall into that pattern, recognize - the only thing you have too much of is excuses. The longer you allow yourself to stay trapped there, the more you lose.

So, choose, even if by the flip of a coin. Choice, even if wrong, has a lot of payoffs. It moves you closer to the best path and presents opportunity to learn and move forward.

Choose.

a fraud

Some days, you'll feel like a fraud because you don't feel strong enough to travel the path ahead. You need to know that this is normal. Notice, normal is not the same as true.

You're not a fraud. You are strong. The road ahead of you will indeed be full of challenge, but you are more capable than you know. You were created to grow ever more resilient.

Lean into that path ahead, and you'll find yourself becoming far more powerful than you imagined could be true.

bakeshop

[millet granola loosely adapted 

from a myriad of sources including vegetarianventures]

call the bluff

When you see it, stop responding with pleasantries you don't even believe.

When you see another fleeing, hiding, making prudence a facade for the fear at the core of their being, call the bluff. Do it respectfully.

You might just make them pause and think. You might just awaken the perspective they're needing.