Get in the Game
Hi friend,
Do you often play small in life, undermining your true capabilities?
I know this feeling all too well. The self-doubt and negative chatter come out to play, bullies that appear on life’s playground, whenever I think about stepping into something new, something big, that will push me to another level. Somehow, it’s as if all the amazing scripts of our accomplishments, proud moments, successes and triumphs have been erased and all that is left is the belief that we can’t do it—do something new.
Gaining clarity on how I want to show up in life, how I can live more fully, and how I can continue to uncage more of my courage seems to strengthen the united negative front. They taunt me and tease me, like the bullies in school, trying to squash my dreams. Can you relate?
And then somehow, after sitting on the sidelines, quietly wishing I’d be picked first in the game, allowing myself to feel it all and get quiet so I can observe, I remind myself that “they” just don’t know. I remind myself that I am the one who gets to choose me first.
So I pick myself up and walk away to rewrite my own script. I push rewind on my memories and recall the moments when I truly triumphed, when I survived what seemed impossible, when I was proud of myself, my personal accomplishments.
Then I hit play to allow the reenergized, reengaged version of me to pick up that pen and ink out the story I want to unfold before me. Sure, the pen may run out of ink when I get to the juicy tidbits where I’m pushing myself beyond my comfort zone. But how badly do I want to be in the game, all in? That’s when I know I need to reconnect to the proof that I have done it so I can do it again, and I pick up a new pen and continue.
Where in your life are you playing too small in comparison to the bigger proof of what you are capable of? What if you hit rewind and remind yourself of all those moments so you can gather the evidence and arm yourself with the courage to move forward?
You can do it. History has shown that you can. The proof exists. You’ve got to choose yourself and get in the game.
- Jen