“Step out of the history that is holding you back.  Step into the new story you are willing to create,” Oprah.  This is a quick affirmation of what we discussed yesterday.  When we hold onto the weight of an identity we created because that is what we know, we will only ever be able to operate from that.  We tell ourselves the same thing over and over again and that is what we come to believe, feel, and then experience.  We can allow our history to be the thing that keeps us trapped or we can use it as a platform to rise above.  If what we’ve done led us somewhere further from where we need to be, it makes no sense to keep going in the same direction.  It doesn’t necessarily mean turn back either, but it is an indicator that we need to shift the path.  We will only ever get what we believe we are worthy of and what we take action on.  It’s only with new patterns, thoughts, and actions that we will see new results.  The same story gets us the same results—we know exactly what comes next.  It’s literally like re-reading the same page over a thousand times instead of moving through the book. We spent all that time reading but it got us nowhere. 

Don’t’ spend our lives like that.  We are meant to take in and read the entire story.  More importantly, we are meant to create the story.  We aren’t merely reading someone else’s book, we are creating our own.  There is immense power in that because we can create anything we want to.  The key is to find what our hearts are already telling us and to follow that.  This life is a gift and we have unique stories, voices, feelings, thoughts, and beliefs for a reason.  There is no need to hide behind a false narrative—that becomes a burden to keep anyway.  We only need to share exactly who we are.  If we identify that we are repeating our history then we need to consider that feeling a sign to pick up the pen and turn the page.  I know it can feel scary to bear the burden of what comes next but it’s even scarier to know that someone else can dictate what comes next for us if we allow them.  Stop that pattern and choose to create something new, on par with who we are, something that feels right.  Choose that path as many times as it takes to steer us to where we are meant to be.