Embrace the Daring Adventure

Embrace(emˈbrās) the Daring(ˈde(ə)riNG) Adventure(adˈven(t)SHər, ədˈven(t)SHər)

By Steve Pavlina

Before you embark(emˈbärk) on any path ask the question, does this path have a heart(härt)? If the answer is no, you will know it and then you must choose another path. The trouble is that nobody asks the question. And when a man finally realizes that he has taken a path without a heart the path is ready to kill him.
– Carlos(kärˈlōs) Castaneda(kəstəˈnedə)

The deeper that sorrow(ˈsärō) carves(kärv) into your being, the more joy(joi) you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine(wīn) the very cup that was burned in the potter’s(ˈpädər) oven(ˈəvən)? And is not the lute(lo͞ot) that soothes(so͞oTH) your spirit(ˈspirit), the very wood(wo͝od) that was hollowed(ˈhälō) with knives(nīvz)?
– Kahlil(kəli) Gibran(jəbrän)

Inaction(inˈakSHən) breeds doubt(dout) and fear. Action breeds confidence(-fəˌdens,ˈkänfədəns) and courage. If you want to conquer(ˈkäNGkər) fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
– Dale(dāl) Carnegie(ˈkärniɡē, kärˈnāɡē)

As you develop a sense of your true purpose in life, you may begin to feel an uneasy(ˌənˈēzē) disconnect between your current(ˈkə-rənt,ˈkərənt) life situation and the one you envision(enˈviZHən) moving towards. These two worlds may seem so different to you that you cannot mentally(ˈment(ə)lē) conceive(kənˈsēv) of how to build a bridge between them. How can you balance the practical(ˈpraktək(ə)l) reality of taking care of your third-dimensional(dəˈmen(t)SH(ə)nəl) obligations(ˌäbləˈɡāSH(ə)n) like earning money to pay your bills and taxes(ˈtaksəs), pleasing(ˈplēziNG) your boss, raising(rāz) your family, and maintaining(mānˈtān) social relationships with people who can’t even relate(rəˈlāt) to what you’re experiencing vs.(
-səz,ˈvərsəs) the new vision of yourself you desperately(ˈdesp(ə)rətlē) want to move towards? A whole host of new fears may crop(kräp) up related to this seemingly(ˈsēmiNGlē) impossible shift(SHift). How will you support yourself? What will become of your relationships? Are you just deluding(dəˈlo͞od) yourself?

The best advice(ədˈvīs) I can give you here is to forget about trying to build a bridge. Focus instead on independently beginning the process(prəˈses) of manifesting(ˈmanəˌfest) the new vision of yourself from scratch(skraCH), as if it were a totally separate(ˈsep(ə)rət ˈsepəˌrāt) thread in your life. If this creates a temporary(ˈtempəˌrerē) incongruence(inˈkäNGɡro͝oənt, ˌinkənˈɡro͞oənt) in your life, just do it anyway.

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https://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/10/the-courage-to-live-consciously/