What if leaning in didn’t mean doing more, it meant being more?
What if leaning in meant leaning into our soul, into our silence, into our trust, into our pleasure?
What if we’ve gotten it all wrong, thinking hustle and drive are the ways to make things happen?
Thinking the TEDx Leaders talking all about grit are the ones who will save the day
What if the ability to push through challenges wasn’t actually what we were meant to do?
What if challenges were more often redirects to an easier pathway?
What if it wasn’t SUPPOSED to be hard?
What if we could tell the difference between an obstacle that is a growth opportunity
And an obstacle that screams “Go a different way!”
What if pushing a boulder up hill was just that?
What if all this time all we needed to do was slow down, surrender, and trust?
What if everything we dreamed was on the other side of our pleasure?
Our surrender?
Our love?
What if we never needed another alarm clock
Or another smart watch bossing us from meeting to meeting
And still trusted our ability to be productive
Perhaps even MORE productive
While in flow
What if instead of looking for secrets answered by our ancestors
We looked forward to our future
What if instead of being addicted to our past evolution
We paved the way forward to something new
What if we stopped trying to mimic what we did 1,000 years ago
And realized those lessons were for them, not US?
And instead we started looking forward 1,000 years
And thought, what kind of life am I building for tomorrow?
What if instead of optimizing efficiency, output, productivity
We optimized for love, joy, and bliss
What if we were truly convinced we could survive
Without having to slog it through the day
What if, as we adapted this new way of being
We made it possible for others
And elevated each other
And all beings
As one
What if…
What if…
What if?
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What if we could tell the difference between an obstacle that is a growth opportunity
And an obstacle that screams “Go a different way!” —
I think that is a key 🔑 part