Don’t Just Stand There…

…bust a move…actually, bust a pattern.  It seems as though this is my theme for the week.  Pattern-busting.  And it’s an interesting paradox of challenge and ease all at the same time.  Which, as a person who subscribes to the basic premise that life is meant to be lived with ease, poses some interesting opportunites right off the hop

I know as well as anyone else that you cannot do what you’ve always done and expect to get different results.  It’s just  not a reasonable expectation.  If you want something to be different, you’ve got to take a different approach.  I also know that the if you want to break a pattern you’ve simply got to make up your mind to do so.  I believe this with all my heart: decide to do things differently, and you will do things differently.

What I’m realizing is the importance of the “with all my heart” piece; if you (or I) really want to break a pattern and replace it with a new one, we have to decide that’s what we want, and moreover we have to commit to it fiercely so that when the default patterns get set to do what they’ve always done, our commitment will over-ride the patterning.  In other words, a wishy-washy decision won’t cut it.  It has to be one that is rooted in fierce commitment.

So, what patterns are you looking to change?  Doesn’t matter if they’re big or little, hugely life-altering or moderately life-enhancing.  Whatever the pattern is, how committed are you to changing it?  If your answer is anything less than 100%, you’ve got some explainin’ to do, my friend.  Actually, forget the explainin’ and start explorin’.  What’s stopping  you from being 100% committed?  What fears to do you need to address?  What issues do you need to resolve?  What’s it going to take for you to fully commit to busting whatever pattern you’ve identified as a block to the life you want?

Here’s the other thing I’m playing with.  What if I actually don’t have to figure all that stuff out in order to be 100% committed?  What if I can trick my brain into believing that I’m 100% committed?  I think there’s a way.  It’s called:  using affirmations.  In other words, if I create an affirmation that I recite repeatedly, to the effect that “I am 100% committed to changing x”, my subconscious will believe it.  And then I’ll be able to bust my pattern without wasting time.

Bottom-line:  I am 100% committed to busting patterns that don’t serve me, in a most expedient way.  Starting now.  Will you join me?