What’s holding you back?
I’d be willing to bet, most of the time it’s you.
You hold yourself back.
I know that I do.
I sometimes hold back on what I think, for fear of what other’s might say. Or fear of hurting another person. Or perhaps, fear of being wrong. (sin of all sins!)
I don’t make the call. Instead I send an email, for that is much safer.
I don’t run as fast as I could, for fear that I’ll be tired later? That I might injure myself? That I might get all sweaty and I don’t have time to shower? I don’t want to re-do my non-existent makeup.
In writing it, it doesn’t make a whole lotta sense.
Seriously, why hold back???
But in the moment it’s far easier to let the brain take over with its excuses and play small.
To remain quiet. To go slow. To keep fear at bay.
How do you hold yourself back? How do you play small?
And what if you unleashed? What if you let your power out to play.
On the run, the bike, the court or at the gym.
In the classroom, the boardroom or the bedroom.
What if you let it loose – said what you thought, pushed as hard as you could, dreamed as big as you could go. No limits, no boundaries, no bullshit.
No holding back.
let’s make it rain out here.
