Replies to 'Defining Your Authentic Self'

Hi all, 

Just wanted to check-in and share some thoughts.  I have often said that we can chose how we react to the moment and the stuff that life throws at us - well right now I guess I made the choice to let stuff get to me - yep I have had atime over the last few days where things have gotten to me. 

The feelings I have been experiencing have left me wrung out and feeling inconsequential in the scheme of things that is this universe.  Intellectually I know I am still the person however I chose to let the emotional side of me rule for a while and some of the old tapes started to play.  I know however that I can control how long I let this episode last. 

I know I will either wake up tomorrow (or even "wake" later today) and give myself that physical (or mental) slap in the face and get over it and get on with it.   

I know nothing needs to stop me from achieiving great things but as I said to my wife last night "Right now the mountain of my life seems very steep and rocky.  Someone give me a helicopter to lift past this stage" - but even as I said those words I realised that it is a necessary part of the journey - the rocky parts of the road, the steep parts of the climb all serve to test our resolve in life - they test our stamina and even though they really suck when we encounter them - they all serve to make us better and stronger in the long run.  I - like everyone else - would often prefer to have it easier - but what the heck - if it makes me better and stronger then I guess I can live with that!!!! 

So even with the current down feelings I think I can see the next plateau stretching out past the next steep part of the journey that is my life.