At times we are able to see so clearly how our life will be much better after we have achieved certain goals. This clarity can also shine a light on how far we are from success, which causes us considerable pain.
Today we are going to tap for the distress that comes with not yet having achieving our goals and how that impacts our ability to take action right now.
Sometimes we are a long way from success despite having worked really hard, leading us to feel short changed and that we should already have achieved success.
Today we are going to tap for when we feel reluctant to take action because we feel like we should already have success.
There are times when life feels very unfair. We see people around us having an easier time at getting what we want. Everything seems to fall into place for them or they are given advantages that we will never have.
Today we are going to tap for the frustration that comes with the fact that the world is not fair and that some people have an easier time than others for no other reason than fate.
Yes, moving towards our goals is a process. But that just feels exhausting sometimes. We want what we want. AND we want it right now.
To today we are going to tap for being tired of waiting.
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There are times when we know we are heading the right direction. Our goals feel right. The action we are taking feels right. Everything is just working in flow.
Other times everything feels like a hard slog. No matter what we try it feels like a big effort and sometimes too much effort.
It can be easy to question if we are on the right track when things are not going easily or aren’t any fun.
Today we are going to tap for those times when we question if we are on the right path because it is so much work and not any fun.
It can be hard when we are looking to make big changes in our life because they take time. Often we are making progress, but the fruits of that progress are not yet evident. Even though we know we are taking the steps we need to move forward it can still feel like we are spinning our wheels.
Today we are going to tap for how not making progress fast enough can be discouraging and dampen our motivation.
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.
When we work for a long time towards a goal but don’t make the progress we would like it can be easy to lose motivation. When this happens we can get so frustrated that it feels like we no longer care if we reach our goal or not. The work we are doing seems so fruitless that we just don’t want to try anything else.
Today we are going to tap for when we lose our motivation and just don’t care if we get there or not.
There are times when we feel like we are spinning our wheels. Nothing seems to be going right, no matter how hard we try.
These are the moments when we want to give up.
Today we are going to tap for that feeling of frustration that takes us to the verge of wanting to quit.
When We Feel Frustrated To The Point Of Just Wanting To Give Up
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There’s a part of me that really wants this…There’s a part of me that wants to achieve this goal…There’s a part of me that knows life will be so much better if I have this…But it is just not working now…No matter what I try…No matter what I do…I seem to fail…I fail in small ways…I fail in big ways…And no matter how much effort I put forward…No matter how much thought I put into this…Somehow I just can’t get it to work out…Somehow I can’t manage to move forward…And the frustration is just too much…It would be one thing if I was making progress…It would be one thing if I could see myself getting closer to my goals…But that’s not happening…If there is progress, it’s so little…It feels like wasted effort…But I choose to know…Sometimes when I make effort…Sometimes when I make progress…It doesn’t have big, sweeping, huge results…I’m building a foundation…For a breakthrough…For a bunch of things to fall into place…All at once…It’s almost like a seed growing underground…It appears progress happened overnight…But there was lots of work that happened beneath the surface…That was unseen…And often when I’m spinning my wheels…That’s what’s happening to me…The frustration is the part of me that wants better…The frustration is the part of me that wants it to be easier…The frustration is the part of me that wants it to be effortless…And I can appreciate all of those things…Wanting it to be easier…Wanting it to take less effort…In big and small ways…I’m glad I want better…The frustration is just a sign of that…I give myself permission to be easy with myself…And easy with the frustration…It’s OK if I step back…It’s OK if I take a deep breath…It’s OK if I don’t rush into this and have this achieved right now…I’m building towards something good…Even though there are some moments…When it feels like it’s too much…I am moving forward…Little by little…And I’m going to get there.
There aren’t many more things more frustrating for a child to hear from a parent than, “You need to be patient.”
When we know what we want, and more importantly how it will make our lives better, being patient is really hard. We want to achieve our goal right now!
Impatience can lead us to getting ahead of ourselves, moving too quickly, and performing sloppily. This will lead to more work later.
When we are patient we make better choices and move forward more easily – and without having to clean up mistakes made in haste.
Today we are tapping for being more patient with ourselves and the process of moving toward our goals.
Being Patient
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There’s a part of me…That wants to be there…And be there right now…To have success…In big and small ways…And to have that success…Right now…And I truly appreciate that fact…That this part of me…That is rushing ahead…And is being impatient…Only wants what’s best for me…Only wants me to be healthy…Only wants me to happy…Only wants me to have what I need…And it’s natural…That I would get worried…That if I lose this energy…I’m going to stop moving at all…It feels like…The opposite of impatience…Is doing nothing…Is being static…Is not trying…But I give myself…And I give my entire system…Permission to know…That as I move forward…I can do it in such a way…Where I give each and everything…The time and attention that it needs…The time and attention that it deserves…If I give everything…The time and attention that it needs…I will continue to move…In a steady path…Toward my goals…In big and small ways…I give myself…Permission to be easy with myself…And easy with the process…As I move forward…It’s good that I want to get there…It’s good that I want to get there now…And when I rush…When I’m impatient…I make poor choices…And I get ahead of myself…Today, I’m going to consciously choose…To be present and patient…With every task…That I face…If I do this…I will move forward…In a way that makes me successful…Working towards my goals.