When we try and avoid any sort of discomfort in our lives we do so for good reasons. Somewhere in our past we have experienced something that has now conditioned us to avoid certain things, and we won't necessarily be aware of why.
Last weekend I held a small workshop and we talked about patterns. Those that identified a repeated negative pattern in their life I encouraged to think about it from an advantageous position.
A little different way of looking at it I know, but hear me out. When we see a repeated pattern in our life and recognise that we are always central to it, we have taken the first step of empowerment.
Discovering the possibility that life might not be as random as we have been led to believe, can place us in a very powerful position. Either this ongoing pattern is one hell of a coincidence, or we actually might have some control here.
Is life luck and randomness? Or not? Not accepting repeated patterns as a coincidence will take us down the rabbit hole of self discovery and empowerment. A road where we will have far more control, consolidation, choices and freedom! As tantalising as that sounds, it does require mental agility and bucket loads of vulnerability. A pathway where we come face to face with ourselves, the good parts and the destructive or shadow parts.
