The Traction Of Action

The solutions to many of the situations and circumstances that cause us grief are often obvious.

Experience and education combine to give us ability to recognise problems. We know what hurts or confuses. We can often see the source of whatever it is that is causing us to worry excessively or to struggle.

Despite that, we have a tendency to sit with our mental anguish. We choose to carry the hurt. We decide to stay with what we know even when what we know causes us pain.

There is something comforting about the familiar. We choose to live with what we know because fear lies beyond.

It takes little more than resignation and acceptance to remain in our current state of being. Change, however, demands effort.

Problem identification is one thing…problem solving is another thing entirely. It takes commitment and consistency.

There is a tendency to underestimate our own potential…to doubt our ability…to question the depth of our own resourcefulness.

What’s known as analysis paralysis can stop us in our path. Over-thinking can be as destructive as a rash reaction. Finding a balance is critical. That involves listening to what is happening around us and weighing that against what is happening inside of us.

We need to build trust in ourselves and to call on that trust when it’s needed.

So many of the answers we need and we seek are already in our hearts and our brains but are ignored when we need them the most.

There is always the risk that mistakes can and will be made. But inaction resolves nothing.