Everywhere we turn we receive information about what will make us happy. Much of this comes from traditions and a shared history of how life is supposed to look.
Taking advantage of the wisdom of the ages can be useful when trying to craft our path in the world but it is important to remember that just because something is good for most people doesn’t mean it right for us.
Today we are going to tap for that feeling of not knowing if we are working toward something because it is best for us or because we feel like it is supposed to be best for us.
I Can’t Tell If I Am Pursuing This Because I Want It Or If I Am Supposed To Want This
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There’s a part of me that wants to move forward…There’s a part of me that wants to be successful…That wants to have happiness…That wants to find joy…And sometimes I don’t know…If the things I am striving for…Are the things that I actually want…Or the things I’m supposed to want…There are cultural definitions of success…And there are cultural definitions of happiness…And just because they are normative…Doesn’t mean they’re right for me…And it also doesn’t mean I should go storming away from it…It is just something that makes a lot of people happy…Or at least in the past has made a lot of people happy…I give myself permission to question…Whether or not these goals are right for me…Whether or not these are the things that I truly want…Or if I’m being pushed toward them by some other force…It’s OK for me to pursue what is in front of me…And to question whether or not it is right for me…It may be perfectly right for me…And it may be the wrong fit…So I give myself permission…To trust my judgment…To trust my instinct…To trust my inner guidance…As I move through the world…And try to figure out what is right for me…I give myself permission…To look critically at my goals… Regardless of what anybody else thinks…Regardless of what makes anyone else happy…I’m going to make the choice that is right for me…Whatever that turns out to be…It’s OK if I question my goals…It’s OK if I question if they’re right for me…I give myself permission to trust myself to figure out what is right for me.
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