I am a house divided. You are as well. Our internal “division” causes us to think too much in our moments of truth. Think about it…
All humans experience this “division” within if they allow themselves the time to take a peek. Most get busy instead. Most find the look within too painful so they simply choose to look away. Chronic pain, we tell ourselves, is better than the intensity of the acute stuff. And, oddly enough, we’re mostly right until suddenly something beyond our control sends us the acute stuff in the form of some kinda sudden shit storm. Now we’ve got a system filled to the lid with chronic of choice, suddenly erupting with an intensity that spills beyond our borders. We crack. Some of us break apart into a million pieces. A few stand.
The best bet for standing in the storm, is putting yourself into more acute pain NOW – before the storm hits. You will not do your best thinking when your ship is being hit with five foot waves. Fact. Your best bet is to do some of that kinda thinking now. Authoring your worldview is one of those below the surface building projects that only the few take on before they need to. Be one of those. Put some weight in your keel. Your worldview is exactly the kinda ballast that will allow you to stand in your storm. STOP avoiding the REAL, HARD, WORK of building within and begin to face your divided self and unify within. Acute pain of your own choosing prepares you to stand. Nothing really special on the surface. Nothing fancy. Nothing dramatic. Just standing will be enough. STAND, like a ship with poise…
You and I are a house divided. Unify within. Unity with another, once you’ve done the hard building within, won’t be so daunting. Face your divided self, FIRST. God, help me get busy building within. God, help me see my own contradictions and change them. God, help me see where I’m choosing chronic pain and replace it with the acute variety. God, help me see that standing in the storm is more than enough. God, help me…
BUILT TO LEAD 