Re-writing the Script
It’s not a new concept. We live our lives by the script inside our head, usually completely unaware of it, assuming the script is simply who we are. But it’s not, really.
Re-writing the script is difficult. Aside from an incredible amount of self-awareness, it involves holding each belief up to the light, examining it closely, figuring out what purposes it serves, what purposes it has served. Where has it helped? How is it holding me back? What if I could replace it with a different belief? What if I could drop it altogether?
But that’s not the scary part, as it turns out. The scary part is after that, when you’ve cleaned house and you’re on your way, and nothing–nothing!–looks or feels familiar. That’s when you’ll be tempted to turn back. Because the devil you know, and all that.
This is where faith comes in. This is where your mettle is tested, your big words, the ones you use to encourage the beautiful souls around you. Faith. Don’t look down. Keep putting one foot in front of the other. Even when you have convinced yourself that you are in danger of falling, that you are alone, that even if you weren’t alone, nobody here knows you or cares.
You keep going. You keep it at. If you have to do what feels like lying to yourself, you do it.
It’s not lying: you’re not alone.