Just imagine this …. It’s a beautiful day, the sun is shining and you feel the warmth on your head and shoulders…. you are walking along a country path when you come to a meadow … Walking through the meadow is a necessity in getting to your destination but it seems such hard work to walk through …. the grass is chest high and you don’t have a clue which way to go … it seems uncertain. You are already carrying a heavy load on your back and you long for an easy path.
Suddenly you notice …. a small area of grass that has been trodden down by others before you. This trodden down path shows you a clear view of where it will take you.
Now faced with the decision, remembering you are carrying a heavy load on your back … do you choose …..
…..the harder more uncertain route through the chest high grass
…..or do you opt for a path that appears to be easy and obvious?
I obviously don’t know what you answered … but I do believe most of us … already ladened down with a heavy load, would choose the path that had a clear view of its destination and an easier traverse !!
It’s seems the most energy efficient obvious route right?
And our brain agrees – when we want to change something in our lives …. our brain is faced with the decision of taking an uncertain, unfamiliar challenging route or to take the easy familiar well worn route.
It’s more energy effective to take the easy route every time and this is why we often struggle to attempt change. Our brain loves certainty and familiarity so would prefer to take the well trodden path every time rather than contemplate the long grass where the destination is not known.
But when we consciously are aware of our choices and can acknowledge that maybe the easy path no longer takes us to where we want to be … we can start one step at a time moving out into that chest high grass and slowly but surely we can make a new path … a new positive neural pathway in our brain that moves us along in a direction of what we truly want in our life.
It’s not the easiest choice but as you recognise that the old path isn’t what you want anymore you start to feel excited to make a new path…. jumping through the long grass noticing the wild flowers intertwined and the beauty of anticipation and freshness…
Over time by keep putting one foot in front of the other … you will make a new path that becomes your easy route and the old will begin to grow and you won’t even know it was there.
Making changes is not easy but with the ability to keep walking on that new path … you will create new healthier and positive neural pathways in your brain that will become your go to… your quick fire familiar and energy efficient easy route that will help to create the life you desire and you deserve.
What are you waiting for …lets Go !!
Much Love
Vix