Is Your Life in Active Choice or Passive Acceptance?

by Odilia McLeod

Our lives fall out of balance more easily than we realize. It is important to take a quick check now and again and ask a simple question of ourselves: Am I still at the helm?

Happens to all of us. For the longest time I felt unchallenged and lost despite my being successful by every corporate standard. From the outside, everything look right. Inside, however, something was amiss. It seemed as if I had “made my bed” and now had to just live with the decisions and path I had chartered.  More like, the path I got on and just kept on walking without truly asking myself if that was the true direction I wanted, or if I had just gone into auto-pilot and continued with what was known and felt safe.

Sometimes the path, even if stumbled upon, can be extraordinary!  Especially if it aligns with what we are passionate about.  Other times, it is built on what we are good at but don’t fully enjoy. That path may serve as a valuable learning experience or it may quietly consume us. Obviously has some perks and we stay on board, but there is always, in the back of our minds, a persistent thought lingers: the life I once imagined for myself no longer feels possible.

If you have reached a point in your life where you are just trying to survive through your day, then it is time for you to rise above and take a look at your life from the 50,000 foot view.  Assess what is missing. What no longer fits or serves you well? What turn took you away from yourself?

Time passes, our lifestyle changes and grows more complex. We become bound to maintaining a lifestyle rather than living one. Gradually we convince ourselves that our options have dwindled or become less abundant.

Take a breath and remember that nothing is permanent. Once you know how you got where you are today, you can regain the power to choose differently. You can chart a new direction. You can take action.

The options have always been there. The question is whether you are ready to explore them, to take control, to dream again, and to take the steps to realize those goals.

There is a profound difference between surviving our days and fully living our lives!

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