Mindset is a trendy word nowadays. It’s a shame. Because it’s much more important than any trend. When you reach the “pivot” it’s important to know where you are on the turn. Are you leaving what’s almost behind you or are you moving towards what’s ahead? Read that again… think on it. I have.
If you’ve lived enough to circle round the sun a good bit, you’ve wanted out of a relationship. You’ve wanted to quit a job. You’ve wanted to end a bad habit. But wanting is not enough. And it’s more than lazy that keeps you there….wanting. It’s more than that “terrible spot” being a “comfort zone” for you; or should I say “the devil you know”. You’re there because your daydreaming is about what you no longer want. That something that you are no longer aligned with. When you’re there, you are connected more to the unwanted that the wanted. And you are only approaching the start of the curve. If you’re even that close. And you may say there is not much difference..one prompts the other. That you want that something else because you have learned how much you don’t want what you have. Greener grass. Well that might be true…but this is where mindset enters.
There is no “secret” here. The proper shift of mindset will have you connecting to the desire for more, more. But not by the way of simply wanting more than what you have. Which is a mindset that keeps you connected to what you no longer desire. You focus on the reason you’ll enjoy the arrival at the goal. And you will begin connecting to how you’ll light up with the craving to move towards that something you do align with. That passion you lose hours engrossed in.
If you really want to pivot from that “something”…whether that’s a some-thing or a some-one or a some-place you must connect to and stay connected to what you are moving towards. And even more than that.. you must hold close the reasons you are. Are you hearing the call to become more philanthropic in your choice of career? Connect to that. Connect to the emotion of how much more your days will feel a sense of fulfillment when your days allow you to help others.
See the difference? You aren’t learning and studying up for the next career path so you can leave the one you’re in… You are learning and studying up so that you can shift/pivot into a career that aligns with your philanthropic heart. It may seem a small shift. But it’s huge.
And when you bring in the neuroscience that says that the mind knows no difference between an intense thought or emotion about an event and the event happening itself (think PTSD or tears of happiness at a warm memory) the importance of what you are mentally putting focus on become all that clearer.
And how is this related to Inner calm and healing? It’s easy, when you receive a chronic illness diagnosis to want more than anything to “not be sick”. It’s a predictable thought pattern to want to heal to not be ill. And it’s incredibly difficult to connect only to health. Really difficult when you are in pain, chronically “under the weather”/ no longer physically reflective of your former “healthy” self. When you feel you have no health at all. But there is always health to be found. Our bodies are incredible and capable of more than we credit them for. A healing mindset is essential to healing.
“What you think about is what you bring about”. This won’t be the only time I write about this. It’s just too important. Focus on the road ahead…and what the scenery will look like when you arrive. There’s a reason why the windshield is so large and the rearview is so small.
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