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What if leaning in didn\u2019t mean doing more, it meant being more?\u00a0
What if leaning in meant leaning into our soul, into our silence, into our trust, into our pleasure?\u00a0
What if we\u2019ve gotten it all wrong, thinking hustle and drive are the ways to make things happen?\u00a0
Thinking the TEDx Leaders talking all about grit are the ones who will save the day\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if the ability to push through challenges wasn\u2019t actually what we were meant to do?\u00a0
What if challenges were more often redirects to an easier pathway?\u00a0
What if it wasn\u2019t SUPPOSED to be hard?\u00a0
What if we could tell the difference between an obstacle that is a growth opportunity
And an obstacle that screams \u201cGo a different way!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if pushing a boulder up hill was just that?\u00a0
What if all this time all we needed to do was slow down, surrender, and trust?\u00a0
What if everything we dreamed was on the other side of our pleasure?\u00a0
Our surrender?\u00a0
Our love?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if we never needed another alarm clock\u00a0
Or another smart watch bossing us from meeting to meeting\u00a0
And still trusted our ability to be productive\u00a0
Perhaps even MORE productive\u00a0
While in flow\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if instead of looking for secrets answered by our ancestors\u00a0
We looked forward to our future\u00a0
What if instead of being addicted to our past evolution\u00a0
We paved the way forward to something new\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if we stopped trying to mimic what we did 1,000 years ago\u00a0
And realized those lessons were for them, not US?\u00a0
And instead we started looking forward 1,000 years\u00a0
And thought, what kind of life am I building for tomorrow?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if instead of optimizing efficiency, output, productivity\u00a0
We optimized for love, joy, and bliss\u00a0
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if we were truly convinced we could survive\u00a0
Without having to slog it through the day\u00a0
What if, as we adapted this new way of being\u00a0
We made it possible for others\u00a0
And elevated each other\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And all beings\u00a0
As one\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if\u2026\u00a0
What if\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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