What the Desire for Instant Success Reveals
I have noticed that when I am desiring instant success & recognition for something, that I am contributing in a way that is NOT in my highest joy.
I want the end result of success + recognition immediately, because I am not actually enjoying the process of contributing in that way.
So there’s this exchange of compromise happening inside me:
“I am contributing in this way ONLY because of the result I want.”
Whereas, when I am joyfully contributing in a way that feels fun, expansive, & energizing, the need for recognition & quick success takes a back seat.
When I want immediate success, I experience the greatest resistance.
Because I am in a place of FORCE, i.e. not aligned with the path of ease & flow (which is the path of highest JOY).
There are several kinds of entanglements that can keep me from aligning with my path of most joyful contribution.
1. The pattern that says if I CAN contribute in a certain way, then I SHOULD.
2. The challenge of setting boundaries for PULL-requests (i.e. saying no when someone asks me to support/guide them in a specific manner).
3. The learned patterns of contributing in order to get my survival needs met as a child that I’ve become identified with, but actually are not joyful at all.
To align with my most joyful path of contribution, the ongoing practice is of radical honesty with self AND of being willing to meet these emotional entanglements in the body --> so that the underlying wisdom & guidance of my body becomes recognizable ✨