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a different name, the same difficult person at work, the same response that
triggers the same familiar pain, and you ask,
“Why did this happen to me again?”
There was a time, not so long ago, as a young 30-something woman, I
was painfully miserable: life held very little hope, and the day-to-day
experiences carried with them a struggle to survive, let alone thrive. I was a
single mother with three young children. Struggling to support my young
family, I felt trapped in jobs that didn’t feed my heart with joy and in
relationships that continued to validate my feelings of unworthiness.
Yet, somewhere in me, I knew that this wasn’t what life was supposed to
look like. I knew, in the depths of my being, that I could live a different life. My
soul screamed for release and renewal.
The great thing about being really miserable, as opposed to slightly
and tolerably miserable, is that it forces you to do something, anything.
You’re willing to open up to new possibilities because oh, what the hell,
you can’t tolerate what you’ve got now for another minute! So that was really
where I was. Although I didn’t know it at the time, it was a good thing.
It forced me to look deep within and choose to recreate my life, leading
ultimately to my discovery of the power of repetition—and life-changing
processes for greater happiness and success.
Right now in my life, I feel on top of the world. The life I am living is
the life I have always wanted to live -- I’m living my dreams and busy dreaming