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Hard choices<\/span><\/h3>\n

Sometimes it\u2019s hard to say yes. <\/span>
\nSometimes it\u2019s hard to say no.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes the hardest thing is to begin something.<\/span>
\nAnd sometimes the hardest thing is to end something.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Sometimes the only thing to do next is to just keep going.
\nAnd sometimes the only thing to do next is to let it go.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

A landscape of uncertainty<\/span><\/h3>\n

Choices often come coupled with uncertainty.<\/span>
\nSometimes you sit in the dark, wondering what to do next. <\/span>
\nSometimes you weep at the feet of Providence, begging for a set of ordained instructions, <\/span>or a map to your destiny.<\/p>\n

Sometimes the sign you\u2019re waiting for isn\u2019t coming. <\/span>
\nSometimes the heavens won\u2019t deliver a solution or an answer or a miracle. <\/span>
\nSometimes you just have to make the decision. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes you just have to have the hard conversation.<\/span>
\nOr take the leap of faith. <\/span><\/p>\n

Choice is difficult by design<\/h3>\n

Choice is difficult by design. <\/span>
\nBecause the choice is a crossroads. An intersection of options that can escalate into a crisis of uncertainty.<\/span><\/p>\n

Confronting the choice demands that you address the thing you\u2019ve been circumnavigating like a perilous outcropping. It<\/span> stops the music on the dance of evasion and challenges you to square off with the thing you\u2019ve been avoiding, postponing, putting off, pushing down or sidestepping.<\/span> <\/p>\n

Sometimes it\u2019s a question of how badly you want it. <\/span>
\nSometimes it\u2019s a question of how deeply you don\u2019t.<\/span>
\nSometimes it\u2019s a question of how much you believe. <\/span>
\nSometimes it\u2019s a question of how sincerely you crave freedom.<\/span>
\nSometimes it\u2019s a question posed between equally valid options. <\/span>
\nSometimes it\u2019s a question that\u2019s not a question but a pretence – one option masquerading as two.
\nSometimes it\u2019s a question of whether you\u2019re going to be soft and gentle and good to yourself by being firm and fierce with others. <\/span>
\nSometimes it\u2019s a question of what you think you\u2019re worth.<\/p>\n

Procrastination is futile<\/span><\/h3>\n

Whatever the nature of the choice, procrastination is futile. If you avoid the choice, it will hang around, patiently waiting for an opportunity to insert itself into the curriculum of your growth.<\/span><\/p>\n

When you finally face it, when you\u2019re called to commit to an answer, your confidence might evaporate. You might feel adrift. Your voice may shake and your bones may rattle in response. Your hand may hesitate as you draw a boundary or sign on the line. You might play a few raucous rounds of second-guessing. But all of this hesitation, wavering, alternating and waffling is unnecessary.<\/span><\/p>\n

Because whatever the choice – these things are (paradoxically) true:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. You already know the right choice for you. <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The wrong choice is also the right choice.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Freedom is on the other side of the choice. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Don’t be held hostage by hesitation.<\/h3>\n

    So don\u2019t be held hostage by hesitation. Choose. No matter how robust the resistance seems. Because the nature of progress is to move through resistance. And then liberate yourself by committing to the choice and where it takes you next.<\/p>\n

    Challenging choices are a call to rise up.<\/h3>\n

    Challenging choices are presented not to bury you, but to elevate you. To strengthen your resolve. To clarify your aim. To refine your fluency in the language of your instincts.<\/p>\n

    Committing to your choice is a doorway into the future. A choice is a call to dive through the resistance, commit to what\u2019s next and rise up to meet it. <\/p>\n

    So make that damn choice. You got this. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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