Sometimes Life just Shifts
You were stressed, and now you’re not.
This could be because you learned something new that neutralized the whole issue. Or it could be that you spontaneously found a way to resolve it in your mind. Or maybe life just moved you on to the next thing.
In any case, there is no need to do The Work on something that once triggered you but which doesn’t anymore. Life will show you other areas to work.
But Is there Any Value in Going Back?
At first glance, it seems not.
That’s because most of us do The Work to get out of the immediate pain. We use The Work to put out fires. But The Work can be preventive too.
Going back to work a situation that you’re basically over can still have value if you like to learn. It can improve your game a lot. Because going back to that situation and writing a new worksheet from the time when you were stuck will show you exactly how your mind works, and what your options are.
And for me that’s fascinating.
And Practical
The more aware I become of how my mind works, the less caught I become in my own mental traps.
This is preventive maintenance. That’s why I do The Work every day, even though my life is going along pretty well right now. Each time I sit and work through a worksheet, I uncover another set of options for the future.
I Call it Shortcut Finding
Each time I do The Work, I find another shortcut to my peace and freedom in a different type of situation. I am simply practicing finding my way home no matter what the situation.
In this way, I’m culturing my independence. And for me it’s worth the trouble.
Have a great week,
Todd
“If you find the internal work exciting, you’ll come to look forward to the worst that can happen, because you won’t find a problem that can’t be healed from the inside. And you’ll wonder how you ever thought there was a problem–ever. This is paradise found.” — Byron Katie, Question Your Thinking, Change The World, p. 209.
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