The failure which you so fear may hold a secret that can shape your destiny, even bring the resource you need to manifest your dreams.

What’s the secret?

The sun was out this morning (see the gorgeous pic) so I got to get further out of town on my morning Rosendal run.

At one point I wasn’t sure how far I should run. What if I go too far, distracted by the beauty of the luscious grass contrasted against the cottonwool blanketed hilltops in the background?

It’s a silly thought really. I can’t really go too far. If I get tired I can just stop, catch my breath, and get going again. If my legs begin to stiffen up in pain I can just adjust my stride to a walk.

I then realized that if I do go ‘too far’ and run out of steam to run (pun intended) all it means is that I will get back to our current house later than planned.

No harm done.
Only a few adjustments to make to my expectations for what I can accompany for the rest of the day.

Oh, about that secret...
It has to do with expectation.

Specifically the gap between my mental model of the world (what I expect) and my real-world experience.

I like how Vishen from Mindvalley put it, (something like) the gap between my experience and how the universe chooses to allow things to happen.

That makes me think about 2021 and what will be different from last year or the year before that.

Specifically, how will I think differently about my hopes and dreams?

And in turn, what can I do to improve the quality of my thinking about my goals.

When it comes to what I can do every day towards manifesting my hopes, I get to choose the state from which I think, feel, speak, and act.

When I choose to give attention to that which I fear I am changing the state from which I think, feel, speak, and act. More often than not that energy is unresourceful.

Oh, by the way, there’s another secret to the failure you fear...

You know that which you fear, there is someone you already know who has already experienced the very same scenario .. and survived.

Actually some of the people who you currently look up to, that you model your thinking and choices on, who you hold as a model for your ideal life .. have experienced the very thing that grips you in fear.

And some of them have used that scenario which you are still pushing away from to build the kind of empire that you are hoping for.

Face your fear.
Change your state.
Change your story.
Change your life.

I’m curious, what would you need to start today?