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Do You Have Good Resolve?
- Dawn DeAngelo
- Jan 6
- 3 min read
Glorious Morning!
Today's quote is from Yogananda.
“ If you have a strong mind and plant it in a firm resolve, you can change your destiny “
Who is Yogananda? He was born in 1893 and died in 1952. He was responsible for bringing yoga to the west. He was also regarded as one of the foremost spiritual figures of modern times. He earned the title in the west as ‘The father of Yoga
‘ I love this quote because it reminds me to not give up. You know, when life feels heavy and things are not going as well as you would like, and you feel like throwing in the towel on something you started? Or how about having a dream and you can't even get out of the starting gate because the challenges of your life circumstances are winning. I do know that when we are setting out to change our destiny, it will be met with challenges and obstacles. How we deal with them will determine if we reach that destiny. If we don't have a strong resolve, we get stuck, or like I said, we don't even get out of the gate. What is a strong resolve anyway? When we make a wish, or pray for something and just sit idly by, we do not develop resolve. Resolve is when, yes we wish for something, but we also discipline ourselves and commit to it with action. Ahhhh, action. I don't need to explain what action is. Just you commiting to reading this right now all the way through to the end is an action step you are performing.
Fear is a huge unconscious and conscious element that can mess with our resolve. Fear makes us play things ‘ safe ‘ or what our EGO convinces us what’s safe. I can’t tell you how many times in the past that I was going to divorce my x husband. I knew we were not a healthy match for each other, I knew I was giving up personal wants and desires of my own in order to please him. ( putting him above me). I did not have the resolve to follow through until many, many years later. So looking back, my desired destiny was not changing because I was not following through, taking action steps and seeing it to completion. I also left many times in an attempt to end things but kept coming back. Fear was a huge factor. Fear that I could not make it financially on my own, and I also feared just being alone, as if that was somehow bad. Fear, fear, fear! Another thing that was holding me back was the fear of facing why I was so weak within myself and in the relationship. Facing my fears and inadequacies ( we all have them, every last one of us ) was something I was not comfortable or ready to do because it felt uncomfortable, and that's why I kept going back to the familiar comfort zone of the relationship. It was easy to feel safe and secure in the dysfunctional relationship because it was all that I knew. I never knew the alternative, a healthy relationship.
The only way to know and experience something you never have before is to go towards it, not run from or hide from it. When we decide to go into the unknown, it can be very scary because it's not familiar and that is where fear is born, in the unfamiliar. So what did it take for me to finally be a loving advocate for myself and follow through with what I knew I wanted? A determined mind (I was very wishy washy with that back then ) and the resolve to follow through. Not to mention I got weary after so many years of denying what I wanted and constantly leaving my destiny in his hands. I simply was not willing to neglect my soul anymore. When we are denying our natural wants and desires ( they come from our soul ) we cause ourselves suffering. I don't blame my former husband one bit. He never forced me against my will to stay. It was always my choice. Even when we divorced. I chose to follow through with my strengthened resolve and it came to pass. Now my destiny is in my hands. Do I still feel fear trying to creep in as I encounter new and unfamiliar challenges without my former comfort zone? HELL YES, lol But now I have proof that when we stick to our guns and follow through, it produces results.
Do you struggle with your own resolve? Backpack therapy is an excellent step in finding and identifying your blocks. Make a free discovery call today. Peace be with you, Dawn
WISH to do >>>RESOLVE to do>>>take ACTION It seems that many things come in three's including a way to resolving difficulty we encounter in our life's.