Episode 188 - The Hope Paradox
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I'm notoriously not-so-organized, but I've definitely improved over the years. One day I was catching myself in an old thought pattern (something like, "why can't you just do your routines on time each day and keep the house tidy?") when I had a totally new thought:
What if I was NEVER going to be tidy?
What if, after 120 years, I went to shamayim and the check-in angel (is that a thing?) chuckles and says, "but you were NEVER going to be tidy. That wasn't the life you were given--you didn't go into a brain that DOES tidy."
My first reaction would be: "ohhhhh I wasted a LOT of energy."
I don't mean the energy spent on figuring stuff out. I love figuring stuff out.
But the energy invested in wishing I would change. HOPING I would change. WAITING for it to click...
It's not a resonant, grounded, faith-full hope, it's a "if I squeeze my eyes and hope hard enough this thing I hate could go away!" hope.
What if your kid was NEVER going to be a good student and you could just drop the whole thing and focus on helping her be a great PERSON?
What if your husband was never going to be traditionally romantic--it was NEVER going to happen? What about him could you discover if you dropped that?
I don't believe hope is always a problem. But it can be weaponized. Sneaky little feeling.
Thoughts?
WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER IN THIS EPISODE:
Shiluach Haken
The Hope Paradox
Emotions
Hope
What Do We Do?
How Does This Apply?
Your Homework
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