You’re striving, striving, striving.
And you’re stressed out.
Why?
Because striving is a signal to your survival brain that you don’t accept things as they are.
Consciously or unconsciously you’re running away from something.
And your survival brain is turning on more stress to help you run faster! 🤷🏻♂️
You’re hustling, hustling, hustling, but you fail to stay present with the experience and your emotions.
And you’re missing the wisdom behind your discomfort.
You’re intelligent, successful, and hardworking.
You are a warrior.
But if you look at warrior traditions in history, a warrior focuses on cultivating two qualities: wisdom and courage.
Wisdom to see things clearly—not how you want or expect them to be—but how they are.
Courage to stay present with any experience—even with something extremely difficult—without needing it to be different.
𝗔 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗲: when you’re stressed, stand with your feet firmly on the ground. Focus on the points of contact between your feet and the ground. You are OK right now. You are enough right now. You can tolerate any situation right now. Focus on how the ground supports you. You don’t have to run or do anything.
Loving you, Angelos