How Come You Don’t Think That You’ve Got This? You’ve Got This!

Believe it. You’ve got this. You’ve made it before – you will make it again.

There’ve been many times when I was pretty sure I couldn’t get more lost than I was.

I am not being entirely literal, here. This is about making plans, choosing paths, and deciding things – but then having it go sideways. Or unexpectedly not work as planned.

You might know this. You get that feeling like you’re lost, like nothing is working, and you can’t work out how to move past this. When that happens you don’t think you’ve got this.

The truth is – you’ve got this! That’s not to say it’ll go how you would like, that it’ll work precisely as planned, or that things might get worse before resolution. But it will resolve.

How do I know this? Because you’re here, aren’t you? That means you’ve done it before. And though it might suck a lot, and it might be way more challenging than you’d like – I’m sure you’ll get through it again.

If you are not sure what I’m talking about here – but this still strikes a chord – please allow me to elaborate.

You’ve made it here

Congratulations! You are here. No, I don’t know where “here” is for you – but you’re here.

Sometimes this is not a great feeling. Shit has happened, life has slapped you around, and who knows what else you’ve endured? You might presently not be in so good a place.

I understand this completely. I’ve been there. After a difficult struggle, you’re cooked. Tired, burned out, lacking energy. However – you’re still here.

What’s great about that? You have choices. You can start anew, start again, change direction, or take your pick. And whatever it is you decide – you’ve got this.

That might feel like a lie. Challenges, struggles, and bad days can leave you feeling like you don’t have this at all. But you do – because you are still here.

Whatever it’s been like up to now, good or bad, you’re here, now. Right now, in this moment – you can choose.

To be fair – those choices might be, at present, between bad and worse. It happens. But you can choose. That’s what matters.

And unless the end is the end – and your time in the body you occupy is over and you are dead – you’ve got this. Because it’s not the end – even if it is not a good feeling or otherwise bad.

No doubt, this is something you’ve experienced before. Odds are – you’ll experience it again.

And I know what I’m talking about here from my life.

Mindfulness tells you that you’ve got this

I have no memory of the decision to leave my apartment and walk to the post office on November 30, 1999. None whatsoever. When I became aware of myself again, I was in a hospital bed, severely injured and facing numerous surgeries, therapies, and the possibility of permanent disability.

I didn’t accept that as the end. I told myself, “You’ve got this!” and did all I could to recover as fast and completely as possible.

There were lots of doctors, nurses, and therapists that did their share to get me well. And the pain and suffering of that experience presented to me three options. These, I’ve learned, are the truth for everyone.

These are the 3 options we all have when it comes to our lives:

Let life live you. Allow rote, routine, habits, your subconscious mind, and your ego to do most of the driving. Just let it happen – accept it, whatever it is.
Curl up in a ball and await death. This can be both literal and figurative. Lament it all, be negative and a victim of circumstance. Expect the worst and believe it will be an endless struggle no matter what you do.
Be mindful and take the wheel. Choose how you will live your life. Become consciously aware of your subconscious beliefs, values, and habits, as well as how your ego reflects you within and without. Decide to make choices and take the control you have every right to.

Mindfulness is conscious awareness of your thoughts, feelings, actions, and intentions, here and now. Via mindfulness, you can make choices and decisions to take control of these elements of yourself – and see how you’ve got this or can get this.

It is normal to feel like you haven’t got this

You don’t think that you’ve got this? That’s totally normal. Everyone feels that way from time to time.

Life is often challenging. We each go through many unique experiences along the way. And for everyone, there are times when it feels like there’s no doing right, no making it work, and defeat is all you will have.

It’s okay to feel that way. But I know you’ve got this. Because you will survive and get through and past it. Even when that feels like a lie.

I won’t give you a line like “whatever doesn’t kill us only makes us stronger.” Let’s face it – that’s not always true. But you’ve done it before. And so long as you are here – you will do it again.

For all the times it’s a challenge – there are also lots of times it is a joy. You know that you’ve got this – and you are so, so excited to see it to its conclusion.

Life is never just positive or negative. Most of the time we exist between the various extremes. Likewise, we might anticipate that something will be bad and that it will be much worse than it turns out to be.

Mindfulness – even when shit happens – helps you find how, why, when, and where you are. And that helps you to see how you’ve got this – even if you don’t feel it currently.

Finally – remember this: We are all worthy and deserving of all that we desire in this life. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. We can be who we desire, do what we desire, and choose to take a path that makes us content and brings us joy. (But only for ourselves. We have no power and no control over anyone else.)

Can you see that even when you don’t entirely believe it, you’ve got this?

This is the five-hundred and forty-seventh exploration of my Pathwalking philosophy. These weekly essays are my ideas for – and experiences with – using mindfulness and positivity to walk along a chosen path of life to consciously create reality.

I share this journey as part of my desire to make a difference in this world and empower as many people as I can with conscious reality creation.

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