Leave the Shoe, Get Unstuck
What’s the first thing you’d do if you were stuck in mud?
Okay, let’s qualify.
What’s stuck- your car or your person?
Let’s first say your car.
Easy. You’d call a tow truck.
Okay, now your person.
Your choices are a few.
Either you have someone help you out with a rope or with their arm.
You grab onto something sturdy to anchor yourself before your big heave-ho.
Perhaps you remove your shoe. Leave the shoe stuck and hop to safety.
In other words you let go.
Let go of your shoe that is stuck and free yourself to better ground.
The good thing about mud is that it’s NOT quicksand. You’ve got room to move and get out.
You just have to figure it out.
Chances are you’re not going to sink beyond your own control.
Getting stuck is one thing. Staying stuck, now that’s a choice.
“A journey of a 1,000 miles begins with a single step”, said Lao Tsu.
In other words it all begins where you stand, beneath your feet.
Choose to get unstuck.
Choose to get free. Free from that repeating chatter inside your head.
One thousand steps is not a lot of steps, it just sounds like a lot.
The freedom you choose will be your first step in those 1,000.
The first step IS the hardest.
So what?
The quandary of being stuck and not doing what you ‘know you should’ allows you to stay there. Stay there and be paralyzed.
Paralyzed, because you can.
Nobody is breathing down your neck to:
- turn off the tv
- lose weight
- start walking
- stop eating junk food so much
- begin a workout routine
- decrease your anxiety medication
- turn the corner and beat diabetes
- lower your blood pressure naturally
- adopt a resistance program to build your bones
- commit to a simple, practical exercise plan 3x/wk
- take better care of yourself than are you presently
What you know you should do sits inside of you at a very deep level.
It takes up space, eats energy, and sometimes festers a mighty growl.
But…. you’re not really as stuck as you think you are.
You have choices and you know all about them.
Pick one.
Remember the shoe from above?
What’s your shoe in this case?
Is it:
- old habits?
- old stories?
- resistance to change?
- a pain pattern that feels comfortable?
- downright lazy enough to do nothing over and over?
Can you leave a shoe stuck and hop to safety?
Grab the rope that someone is throwing you. Save yourself.
You can let every one of these go. They don’t serve you, it’s obvious.
Begin with one.
A single step in the right direction => forward.
It’s going to feel so good!
Get you ready for step number 2.
Only 998 more to go.
In the scheme of things, it’s a cake walk.
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