Comments on: Of course this hero’s saga stuff is hard. It’s supposed to be.

By: Koren Motekaitis

Koren Motekaitis — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:30:23 +0000

Follow your heart and you will flow downstream. I agree with you and Martha. Damn this is a lot harder than expected and that it really is okay. I think what freaks us out when it is harder than expected is the not knowing. At least for me that is where my lizard brain starts to spiral downward to the not knowing and that makes the harder than expected even worse. So just as you are paddling downstream and being totally aware in that moment, it is important to be present right now instead of letting the lizard brain take over and head down.

Thanks Briana

By: Laila

Laila — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:05:22 +0000

I have read and moved forward on different perspectives and used the tools. The place where I was adrift was having a cohesive image, a big picture, one that utilized all the different ideas and frames of references, that united all the pieces. While I was reading this article I was pinging all over the place.

So while I have realized that eloquent summary is so not my strength, I am THANKFUL it is yours, and that you shared it here; because I gotta tell you, having it all fit into something is most definitely helpful for making a long run.

By: briana

briana — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:14:00 +0000

@Bridget ~ I so hear you. It gets harder in a different way, and then easier because you’re doing it instead of thinking you should do it or wonder about it or whatever. But still, hard!

@Elizabeth ~ Oh, Honey. I’m sorry I made you cry. Unless, you know, it was the kind of thing that you really needed to cry about and now you feel all cleaned out and hopeful. That’s my hope at least. I love what you’re doing. Supporting & cheering you on madly.

@Wulfie ~ Gosh, I’m so glad it spoke to you. Yeah, sometimes the whole “Just be happy, and for goodness sake, don’t struggle or you’ll screw Everything up” mandate becomes another should that we just beat ourselves up about. And then paradoxically letting it be hard lessens the struggle. Basically: Dear Life, You are complicated. And I have not found a grain or decaf that I’ve liked, but I’m not giving up yet. I’ll keep you posted!

By: Wulfie

Wulfie — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:30:41 +0000

I can’t even tell you how awesome this post is. Found it right after I finished one of my own. I’m a total monomyth geek and yet…yet I still forget that, yes, it is hard. It is work. I got tangled up with newagey love and light stuff, no offence to anyone meant, but it messed up my head with the constant ‘if you’re struggling then you’re not on the right path’. The gods (whatever) are signalling you to stop and do something else. But that’s wrong. And I forgot. A hero’s job is to be heroic. Thank you for reminding me!

Aside: Hope the decaffination is coming along. I’ve been laughing a little because I decaffinated years ago as it causes breast and other sorts of cysts and had to drop it. Never did find a suitable good tasting replacement. So three weeks or so ago I took up caffiene again and, guess what…jjjjitters, moody, sleepin lousy, and sooo you are right. Some of us must be decaftinated. Do wish they’d invent something yummy for a replacement tho. Those grain beverages and decaf coffees suckkk.

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:32:00 +0000

Dang it. You made me cry. Because I need to be reminded of this a million times a day. There is that voice that keeps going, “If you think this is hard, maybe you’re making the wrong choice! There’s still time to change your mind!” And even though I know there is a gigantic difference between the hard that’s worth it and the hard that’s not, that voice is awfully pesky. But ah! Maybe I will learn it – the learning where I go “oh, of course” – after I leap. I think it is probably learned best by doing.

By: Bridget

Bridget — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:05:34 +0000

Er..that should be heart…following your heart…not hear…

By: Bridget

Bridget — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:04:57 +0000

Love the ridiculous kung fu magic of easy and hard. I had lots o’ that this week!

I don’t think it’s true that following you hear is like paddling downstream. I think it’s like paddling upstream, but you know that the view and the fishing are going to be WAY Better.
Or maybe it’s paddling across a lake…Or maybe paddling across a desert…or maybe it’s different for each of us.

This idea that things get easier when we’re on the right path…I’m rethinking that.