Thank you, I was looking forward to your post this week. Through your previous articles and this one, sacrifice is something personally I noticed I need to address. All I can think about is being stuck with my personal growth and this definitely gives me ideas to explore. I'll review this multiple times I am sure, and it really helps reading along with your audio. Thanks again!
Thanks for being here and for reading along with us, JD. It is a pleasure to be learning alongside you.
Sacrifice, yeah that is a fun one. Sometimes I think of it like this...
I imagine that I am holding a nickel, clenched within my tightly balled up fist, and that nickel is all I have left to my name. That's why I clutch it so tightly. I feel like if I do not have that nickel, I have nothing, and if I have nothing, how will I ever have enough to survive? Then some random person comes my way and says, "Hey open your hand, I have something for you..."
But it's my nickel hand, and there's no way I'm opening that hand because, well, what if I lose the nickel? I grasp tightly on to it because my mind is set in "scarcity mode", and that nickel is all I know.
The other person moves along since I rejected their gift, but they do not reveal that the gift they attempted to give was a crisp new $1 bill.
Because I was grasping so tightly onto what I perceived was the only thing I had, focusing only on how terrible it would be to lose it, I missed out on something much better.
Only open hands have the ability to receive. And it takes a significant amount of trust in the belief, "no matter what, I am going to be OK in the face of the unknown", to open our hands. This is the Abundant Mindset, as opposed to the one of Scarcity.
Whatever it is, you can and will do what you need to do. We are all here rooting for you as we work on our own personal projects alongside you. 🤠
Thanks man, this is a great way to look at it. I have identified my own "nickels" and of course it is the part of letting go that is tricky. Being plagued with bad habits or the daily battle between growth and comfort, (i.e. yes, I can get on that plane to experience something new, no I don't need to be comfortable staying home) I often find myself stuck in that loop. Some days are better than others, but that is the point right, the journey of all this? I feel those like yourself are helping people step closer to what we want or feel we can be inside. Thanks for the perspective!
Thank you for the feedback, JD. It feels truly amazing to have thoughtful readers like you sharing feedback about this project and I am happy if this writing helps you in any way. I too am on my own journey, working at it day by day, and neither of us walk the road of progress alone. The community we are building helps us to keep pushing when our legs get tired, and we extend the same courtesy to them.
Thank you, I was looking forward to your post this week. Through your previous articles and this one, sacrifice is something personally I noticed I need to address. All I can think about is being stuck with my personal growth and this definitely gives me ideas to explore. I'll review this multiple times I am sure, and it really helps reading along with your audio. Thanks again!
Thanks for being here and for reading along with us, JD. It is a pleasure to be learning alongside you.
Sacrifice, yeah that is a fun one. Sometimes I think of it like this...
I imagine that I am holding a nickel, clenched within my tightly balled up fist, and that nickel is all I have left to my name. That's why I clutch it so tightly. I feel like if I do not have that nickel, I have nothing, and if I have nothing, how will I ever have enough to survive? Then some random person comes my way and says, "Hey open your hand, I have something for you..."
But it's my nickel hand, and there's no way I'm opening that hand because, well, what if I lose the nickel? I grasp tightly on to it because my mind is set in "scarcity mode", and that nickel is all I know.
The other person moves along since I rejected their gift, but they do not reveal that the gift they attempted to give was a crisp new $1 bill.
Because I was grasping so tightly onto what I perceived was the only thing I had, focusing only on how terrible it would be to lose it, I missed out on something much better.
Only open hands have the ability to receive. And it takes a significant amount of trust in the belief, "no matter what, I am going to be OK in the face of the unknown", to open our hands. This is the Abundant Mindset, as opposed to the one of Scarcity.
Whatever it is, you can and will do what you need to do. We are all here rooting for you as we work on our own personal projects alongside you. 🤠
Thanks man, this is a great way to look at it. I have identified my own "nickels" and of course it is the part of letting go that is tricky. Being plagued with bad habits or the daily battle between growth and comfort, (i.e. yes, I can get on that plane to experience something new, no I don't need to be comfortable staying home) I often find myself stuck in that loop. Some days are better than others, but that is the point right, the journey of all this? I feel those like yourself are helping people step closer to what we want or feel we can be inside. Thanks for the perspective!
Thank you for the feedback, JD. It feels truly amazing to have thoughtful readers like you sharing feedback about this project and I am happy if this writing helps you in any way. I too am on my own journey, working at it day by day, and neither of us walk the road of progress alone. The community we are building helps us to keep pushing when our legs get tired, and we extend the same courtesy to them.