You're allowed to change your mind
On a call this week, someone in our group told me the real reason she hadn't committed to her dream. She was afraid that saying yes to one thing meant saying no to everything else she might want someday.
I love that she said it out loud, because almost everyone has that voice, and almost everyone believes it.
So I asked her: what if you commit to your dream every single day this week, you love it, and then next Thursday you wake up and realize you're actually a guitarist?
She said, "Then I'd have a new dream."
Right. Commitment was never a prison sentence. You can marry your dream, and if you find out you're in a bad relationship with it, you'll know, because you won't be in love with it anymore. Then you break up with it the same way you'd break up with someone who wasn't right for you. You were fully in, and then you changed your mind. Both are allowed.
What isn't allowed is using "what if something better comes along?" as a reason never to start. That's still speculating doom. It's just dressed up nicer. The lower self is sneaky. It even sounds intelligent sometimes. Here's how to tell the difference: if the thought doesn't feel good, it isn't your higher self talking.
What is a dream you've been hedging on? Write it down. Read it out loud slowly, like you mean it. Then write down one thing you'd see if it had already happened. Make it a real picture with details, and enjoy it as if you're planting a bulb and seeing a flower bloom.
That's it. Commit, have fun, and keep your right to change your mind.
Lauren
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