The Challenge

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No doubt,
It’s hard to try to overcome something that has been ingrained for years.
It’s hard to admit you have no clue how to do it.
It’s hard to show someone else you have no clue how to do it.
It’s hard to allow someone else into your weak and challenging world.
It’s hard to tune out your noise, and listen.
It’s hard to take the first steps.
It’s hard to compare yourself with others.
It’s hard to trust yourself.
It’s hard to keep trying.

It’s hard to keep trying.

It’s hard to realize you gave up, or got stuck.
It’s hard to start again (and again, and again).
It’s hard to be in the middle of a Start, and get slammed with a Stop.
It’s hard to accept that you can’t control setbacks.
It’s hard to grieve.
It’s hard to argue with yourself.
It’s hard to be angry with yourself.
It’s hard to trade out judgment for curiosity.
It’s hard to relax.
It’s hard to try it, one more time.

What is it worth, to you, to stay fired up? To calmly put a foot forward? To choose what is hard?

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