Have you ever asked someone how they are feeling to which the reply is ‘you know, same old, same old, I’m getting by’, perhaps you may have had used the same line or similar in a reply to a friend you have not seen for a while.
These statements, although they may be extremely accurate as that is genuinely what is happening, can be loaded with unspoken pain.
It may also mean time is flying by, years are slipping away and feelings of despair that they or you are living on groundhog day, they are repeating yesterday over and over again.
For some people the above statement is one that is never questioned, that is, they genuinely have the goal to be living a life of ‘same old, same old’.
For others it’s not, if this is you, perhaps you are living a life right now knowing that ‘something is happening, something is stirring, a change is afoot’, you may ‘feel’ ready for something greater than what is occurring in your life right now, however no matter how much you want it, it’s not appearing.
It’s brewing and bubbling under the surface yet it has not shown itself. Perhaps you are beginning to feel more and more empty as the old you is disappearing and you have not yet figured out what you are going to fill it with!
If you find yourself in the place of no longer wanting the old and looking forward to the new, it’s natural you move between a state of excitement and that of discomfort. It is perhaps like being stuck at the airport ready to go onward with the journey, yet no plane has your name on it and there is no turning around to go back to what you know best. Have you felt like that or are you feeling it now?
Let’s look at the positives: unlike some who are leading a ‘same old, same old’ you have in fact stepped up and started to face the fact your life is not exactly in order. You may have some things prepared. If we go back to the airport for a minute: you may have a few papers in order perhaps your passport, some travellers cheques, a visa, some cash for when you get to where it is your going however you may have lost the oversight and not chosen a destination. But the great news is, you have decided to go!
Instead of following the rules so many of us do called ‘The Rule Book for Just Getting By’, you have decided to write your own. You have successfully decided that the rulebook that is used by many was not written for you anymore. You have become discontented by the contents, and made the brilliant decision that running on empty is no longer for you.
You have created a disturbance so great in you that you want; no, you have to follow it through. Yet, the unknowing is sometimes as painful as not knowing where you are heading. And this can feel like you are running on empty.
If you find yourself standing at an airport, ready and willing, there are some that say ‘if you don’t know where you are heading stay put’, the other option could be, take a flight somewhere, you can always get from one city to another city via a thousand different flights.
Just start the journey, you are ready.
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