The Path of Least Resistance, Excuses and a Life Half Lived

Okay, the third and final part of the publicly accessible “Deep” Modules is coming up live tonight (Monday July 21st) and excuse my lack of the subtle but the question is…

Do you have the stones to deal with it?

You could avoid it heck, that’s what most people will do, and if you want to be just like everyone else you can tell yourself..’it’s okay’.  But if you know there is something within you that’s been fighting to get out, (your real self, your authentic self), It’s time to take action…

The path of least resistance is lined with the corpses of the mediocre.

Just think about that statement for a sec.

To become free we must be able to overcome the obstacles that appear before us. Telling yourself and anyone else who will listen, how tough it is, does nothing but validate that it’s okay to quit on yourself.

Those who don’t have the courage to stand up for who they really are and what they really want, die having lived lives that are, at best, half lived and all too often sadly forgotten.

These are the forgotten lives of the mediocre, whose fear of offending others has ruled them like a cruel master.

Now, it’s important that you understand something here.

All courage is subjective; so, what’s easy for one person is not necessarily easy for another. It could be the most difficult thing in the world for them.

Stop and take a moment now to acknowledge the courage you’ve already displayed in your life, and at the same time turn your back on complacency.

Because celebrating your success is an excellent thing to do; however, staying in celebration mode when it’s time to move on is like wearing your Christmas hat in February; it gets a little stale.

You know what you’ve got to do, and you know that no excuse will ever really do. So stop with the excuses because I’m sorry to say, no one is really listening to the excuses anyway.

The quality of your life is not measured by the quality of your excuses…

The quality of your life is measured by your commitment in spite of all the great excuses you could come up with.

Listen, It’s never quite the right time, there is always going to be another place that needs the money, and there will always be someone who thinks your crazy for even considering ‘it.’

I don’t know what ‘it’ is that you need to do to fulfill your purpose, heal your soul or make a difference. What I do know is this; we rarely know the value of something until we’ve been through it! And when you look back on your life, no excuse will have been good enough for you to feel good about not doing what your soul cried out for.

I care about you, not your excuses.

In all sincerity, Dov…

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  1. Naseem Rahman on 22 Jul 2008 at 1:55 pm #

    I had the pleasure of being a volunteer for Dov Baron’s Deep programs 2 years ago. The audience mostly was comprised of young adults and a lot of people younger than myself. Let me tell you what a profound impact this program had on me. There was enough pain in the room for 3 days in a row to last a lifetime. All these courageous people were working through their pain…. pain that had been suppressed for years and had just discovered a way out. Dov, with great care, compassion and guidance, was able to give his undivided attention to each suffering person individually. I learnt in this seminar that courage is subjective and that “vulnerability” is not a sign of weakness but rather one of courage. I am a mother and to see so much pain and suffering around me, I could not help but realize how in my own conditioning, I had failed to see how much pain I had unintentionally caused my own daughter. I connected with her pain as I had never in my life done before. As soon as I got home, I called my daughter(who is studying abroad) and apologized for not “feeling and connecting ” with her pain at the time when she needed that compassion from me. My daughter, who is my best friend today, thanked me and told me that she understood my heart was in the right place at that time but my call that day meant so much to her and she appreciates it very much. Dov Baron, thank you for helping me with this realization…I was impacted so deeply…I can just imagine what kind of a profound effect the Deep program will have on the new participant. It will change many lives for sure and relationships will thrive as mine did. Thank you Dov

    With Love
    Naseem

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