Willingness
A question I am faced with a lot more in adulthood than I anticipated is am I willing to do what I must?
Am I willing to forgive? Am I willing to take a risk? Am I willing to trust? Am I willing to get hurt? Am I willing to make sacrifices? Am I willing to get past the pettiness? Am I willing let go? Am I willing to Love? Am I willing to really be open? Am I willing to be soft when the world conspires to make me tough? Am I willing to do the work? Am I willing to take responsibility? Am I willing to tune in? Am I willing to show up? Am I willing to just be? Am I willing to find stillness? Am I willing to face the truth? Am I willing to grow? Am I willing to push through my resistance?
Sometimes willingness is half the battle. Sometimes being willing is enough. I hope it is enough, because I don’t know how to be open and soft right now.
4 comments
Yes! So much of it is about willingness, and I forget sometimes. Thank you for the reminder!
Cheers & happy 215800!
kellye
Willingness is often the greatest obstacle to achieving goals. We “want” these things to happen, but the true test is how WILLING are we to make the changes and do the things that need to be done to make them happen. Great thoughts!
Thanks for the comment Kelley! I think the 21.5.800 journey has taught me that willing is so much more effective than wanting!
So true ELisa! Willing means we are prepared to tackle all the ‘what ifs’ that arise when we want something. Willing is softer and more accepting somehow where as wanting can feel a little hard, rigid and often just causes more ‘wanting’. Thanks for the comment