Shit gets messy, man. The gap between what we want and what we’re experiencing is where discomfort lives, and it’s a damn good catalyst for growth if you let it be.
But here’s the catch: resist the experience, and it’s going to be a full-blown shit show, no matter how hard you push.
It’s not about avoiding discomfort; it’s about letting go of how you think it should look. That’s where your true power lies.
When we are no longer able to change the situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” ~Viktor Frankl
In that space—between stimulus and response—you get to choose. In that choice lies your growth and your freedom.
If you can’t regulate your emotions in training, you won’t regulate them when it matters most. So if you’re prone to spitting the dummy when things don’t go your way, remind yourself of this: you’re training yourself to spit the dummy when the race doesn’t go your way. That’s a losing habit.
Growth happens the moment you decide to respond rather than react. The moment you stay with the ground beneath your feet and refuse to let your head drag you anywhere else. Drop into your body. Stay with reality. It’s the only power you have.
The story, the victimhood, the potential defeat, disappointment, or dissatisfaction? All just noise. None of it is here yet.
Focus on what is. Too much future-thinking bleeds you. It doesn’t feed you.
So shape-shift. Let things be the way they are. Stop wrestling the moment. Leave it the hell alone.
Stay with what’s real, no matter how it feels.
That’s where you’ll find your power.
That’s growth.
Gilesy
