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wonderful peptalk for a rainy tuesday morning....thinking of these words from my current lens....
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YES! AND! this is especially vital for those of us entering the second or third act of life, seeking meaning.
Examining risk from the subconscious, psychological lens….
From James Hollis’ A Life of Meaning:
“[the question we face daily, even moment to moment,] is this: does this choice make me smaller? Or does it make me larger? Does it enlarge me psychologically? Or is it diminishing me?”
I am almost always terrified of the answers.
And yet..."it matters most that [my life] not be governed by fear. [I] can't avoid fear. Life is difficult, dangerous and LETHAL ;) But the question is, does fear dominate [my life]? Does it make [my] choices for [me]?The fear management systems that [I] am obliged to organize have now become shadow governments for [me]. They run [my] life, and it's understandable that taking them on is daunting because [I] will feel less secure. Perhaps…more agitated, more at risk, more vulnerable, but it’s only through living that risk that I can get a larger life. If [I] am walking in shoes too small [for me] what does it mean to step into larger shoes?”
Carl Jung noted in 1912 (!!!!!!!) from Symbols of Transformation: “every morning we awaken desiring to drown in our own source-that is to say fall back into the sleep of childhood unconsciousness….the spirit of evil - Hollis reminds us to notice Jung's strong language - is negation of the life force by fear. Only boldness can deliver us from fear. And if the risk is not taken, the meaning of life is violated.”
*A Life of Meaning (James Hollis) pages 29-30
And so... for me the question is not whether to embrace risk but choosing risks to embrace - what makes me larger despite the winning or losing outcome. It is important to note that the outcome is irrelevant - from a fulfillment perspective. when viewed this way, I can lose on the risk and still feel a greater win by being fulfilled with meaning from having taken the risk in the first place.
And so...what doesn't kill me truly does make me stronger/more fulfilled/more whole/more good
wonderful peptalk for a rainy tuesday morning....thinking of these words from my current lens....
.
.
.
YES! AND! this is especially vital for those of us entering the second or third act of life, seeking meaning.
Examining risk from the subconscious, psychological lens….
From James Hollis’ A Life of Meaning:
“[the question we face daily, even moment to moment,] is this: does this choice make me smaller? Or does it make me larger? Does it enlarge me psychologically? Or is it diminishing me?”
I am almost always terrified of the answers.
And yet..."it matters most that [my life] not be governed by fear. [I] can't avoid fear. Life is difficult, dangerous and LETHAL ;) But the question is, does fear dominate [my life]? Does it make [my] choices for [me]?The fear management systems that [I] am obliged to organize have now become shadow governments for [me]. They run [my] life, and it's understandable that taking them on is daunting because [I] will feel less secure. Perhaps…more agitated, more at risk, more vulnerable, but it’s only through living that risk that I can get a larger life. If [I] am walking in shoes too small [for me] what does it mean to step into larger shoes?”
Carl Jung noted in 1912 (!!!!!!!) from Symbols of Transformation: “every morning we awaken desiring to drown in our own source-that is to say fall back into the sleep of childhood unconsciousness….the spirit of evil - Hollis reminds us to notice Jung's strong language - is negation of the life force by fear. Only boldness can deliver us from fear. And if the risk is not taken, the meaning of life is violated.”
*A Life of Meaning (James Hollis) pages 29-30
And so... for me the question is not whether to embrace risk but choosing risks to embrace - what makes me larger despite the winning or losing outcome. It is important to note that the outcome is irrelevant - from a fulfillment perspective. when viewed this way, I can lose on the risk and still feel a greater win by being fulfilled with meaning from having taken the risk in the first place.
And so...what doesn't kill me truly does make me stronger/more fulfilled/more whole/more good