A good friend of mine recently offered up a quote - words of wisdom for me during a difficult transition - "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." (from Sudden Death by Rita May Brown).
My friend didn't know the impact this quote had on me, but after much dismay, I mentally retraced my own steps to find she was right - I had been doing the same thing over and over and yet I went crazy when I kept getting the same frustrating results - ugh!
"How", I wondered, "can I get the desired results I seek in this particular situation and get out from this feeling of being stuck in a rut?" After one full year of no changes, this quote was a Godsend that I took to heart. And I chose to do something different. I surrendered, I took a leap of faith, I took a different road.
Taking a different road can be so darn scary! But it can also be extremely empowering! Taking a different road tells the universe "I'm worth it!", and that goes for whatever the "it" is to you.
--Are you doing the same thing over and over in a relationship, yet find your self frustrated because you want different results?
--Are you doing the same thing over and over in your job or business, yet find yourself frustrated because you want different results?
--Are you dong the same thing over and over with your health, yet find yourself frustrated because you want different results?
It may be time to take a different road. This does not necessarily mean you need to say goodbye to a situation! It could just mean you need to say goodbye to how you deal with a situation. You have choices.
--Do you choose to relate differently within your relationship or do you choose to move on?
--Do you choose to shake things up in your job or business or do you choose to change careers?
--Do you choose to accept and finally love yourself enough to enhance your health, or do you choose to overhaul your entire diet and exercise routine?
Choosing to take a different road is never wrong. The only wrong choice is to keep on doing the same thing and expecting different results! It's not just wrong - it's INSANE!
Here is one of my favorite poems to drive this point home:
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS
by Portia Nelson
I
I
walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I fall in.
I am lost ... I am helpless.
It isn't my fault.
It takes me forever to find a way out.
II
I
walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in the same place
but, it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.
III
I
walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in ... it's a habit.
my eyes are open
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.
IV
I
walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
V
I
walk down another street.
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