When we are trying something new we’re faced with many unfamiliar tasks and actions. There is no guarantee that we will be successful.
Before we start, we can rest safely in the hope that it will work out well. But it might not. This realization can make us hesitant when it comes to taking action because we don’t want to discover that we can’t do it.
Today we are going to tap for when we are worried that if we try something new we might learn we can’t do it.
Failure is hard. Not only do we not get what we have worked for, but it also provides proof that when we work towards our goals we do not always succeed.
Sometimes the fear of failure and the pain that comes with that failure is greater than the joy of success. When this happens we don’t take the action we need to take.
Today we are going to tap for those times when we hold ourselves back from taking action because we feel we can’t endure another failure.
Our lives are so full of so many things. There doesn’t seem to be enough time to do what is already on our plate so adding anything more feels impossible.
Today we are going to tap for those times when it feels like we couldn’t possibly add one more thing.
It takes a lot of energy to work towards something new. Not only does it cost us energy to take action to move towards our goal, but it also takes a lot of emotional energy to move toward something that is new.
Today we are going to tap for how exhausting it can be caring about making change.
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Even though tapping is such a powerful tool there are times where we lose faith and hope that the tapping we are doing will make a difference.
Today we are tapping for those times when we feel like an issue is just too big for tapping to be helpful.
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It is good to have passion. It is even better to feel like our goal is within our grasp and that we can take action every day to get there.
There are times when, as we get closer and closer to our goal, it starts to take up more of our time, energy, and attention. When this happens it can create the concern that it will take over to the extent that we neglect other parts of our life.
Today we are going to tap for those times where it feels like our desire for one thing is going to take over our life completely.
It is good to have big goals. They help us to stretch. They help us to move to places that we never thought possible before.
But sometimes those big goals leave us feeling overwhelmed, like they are too big, or too far, and that we aren’t made for greatness.
When this happens it can hinder our progress because it feels fruitless to work towards something we will never achieve.
Today we are going to tap for when our goals feel so big that they seem impossible.
When we are working towards our goals there will be times when we have an opportunity to take a big leap forward. We have to take action but because we know how important this one step can be in achieving our goal it feels overwhelming.
It is easy to feel paralyzed in this situation and unable to take action. Today we are going to tap for that feeling.
It is good to have goals that we care about, but sometimes we care so much that reaching them consumes us, filling our thoughts night and day. When this happens our goals take on much more significance than is appropriate and we set ourselves up for a major letdown when we don’t reach them.
Today we are going to tap for when we let our desire to reach our goals become too big.
There have been times in the past where you have put your heart into something and it didn’t work out. Because you cared so much the sting of failure felt that much more acute.
Often we will stop ourselves from caring so that we don’t have to deal with the pain of failure. The problem is that when we don’t care we don’t try as hard, which makes success that much harder to achieve.
Today we are going to tap for the worry that caring a lot now will lead to more hurt later if we don’t achieve our goal.
If Care A Lot Now It Will Be More Painful If It Doesn’t Work Out
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I have goals…I have dreams…I have things that I’m moving towards…That I know will be good for me…I want that better life…I want the achievement that comes along with the goal…I want the satisfaction…And there are times that I want it so much…I could almost taste it…I’m bursting at the seams with excitement…I’m bursting at the seams with desire…But there’s a part of me…That knows what it’s like to be let down…There’s a part of me…That knows what it’s like to have hopes dashed…There’s a part of me…That knows the emptiness and pain…That comes in the wake…Of unfulfilled expectations…I give myself permission…To be easy with myself…And easy with the process…And to recognize the fact…That unfulfilled expectation…And being let down…Is all part of making my life better…But I know…The positive of trying to make it happen…Outweighs the pain of it not happening…I know…The desire to have more and better…And what that will do for my life…Is greater than that pain…The pain is temporary…Even though it’s deep…The pain is momentary…Even if it feels like it lasts forever in that moment…I have gotten over unfulfilled expectations…I have lived through that pain…And what I want…Will improve my life so much…It’s worth the risk…Because even if it doesn’t work out…I’ll have the opportunity to try again…Even if it doesn’t work out…It won’t always be that way…Failure is a possibility…Pain from that failure is a possibility…I have survived that before…And I will survive again…Knowing it’s worthwhile to strive for those goals.