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Embrace the Unexpected.

In order to live effectively, one must be able to live in the question. We must be able to come to terms with the fact that we don’t ever have all of the necessary answers (when we conclude that we do, the answers will change!). Learn to embrace the unexpected. Release the need to know. Focus on the questions and allow the answers to reveal themselves.

How much of our pain, pressure, stress and frustration are a result of our belief that things should be different? When things do not unfold according to “plan,” we become fearful. We begin to create a story for why things are not working. We begin to live the story. As a result, the story eventually becomes our truth.

What is your story today? Do you like the way that it is unfolding? What is the end that you are formulating? If you don’t like the way that it is written, now is the time to rewrite it.

Success or sabotage? You are the author of both stories. Which would you rather live in?

Is this going to be an incredible story? Have you defined what “incredible” means to you today? Are you able to see yourself in that story?