Blog #555: What’s the Rocking Chair Test?
I freely admit it.
I often hear two voices.
Provocative?
Read on.
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YEP.
At times, there’s absolutely a mini-debate playing back and forth in my head.
Take a listen:
#1. You gotta’ DO that hike!
#2. You know how freakin’ hard that will be?
#1. Do I really want to set that goal?
#2. If you don’t…you’ll regret it!
#1. Write another one!
#2. You know how much heart that’ll take?
#1. Get outside and exercise!
#2. You deserve to take the day off.
#1. If you’re gonna’ do it…do it today.
#2. I’m too tired. Tomorrow will be good.
Mini head debates.
I have them.
You?
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But the truth is…
Being aware of the two competing voices is really a GREAT thing.
Why?
Because it puts us in a powerful position.
In that moment of KNOWING there’s two voices…
We have a moment of difference-making AWARENESS.
And in that moment of difference-making AWARENESS…
We HAVE the gift of CHOICE.
“Which voice do I want to be BIGGER?”
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But sometimes choosing is tough to know.
So here’s what I do.
When I’m aware I’m standing at the intersection of a “Left or Right” moment…
I take my “Rocking Chair Test.”
At the end of my life…
When I’m in a rocking chair on my front porch…reflecting on the mental scrapbook of my life…I think about the moment I’m living NOW.
And I ask:
“If I could go back to THAT moment…what do I wish I would have done?”
The answer is the direction I walk…now.
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Hearing two voices?
It’s NOT a crazy thing.
But NOT choosing the BIGGER of the two?
THAT’s the crazy thing.
EXTRA Thoughts…
The difference-making question to ask?
“What are my favorite things to do?”
The life-changing question that follows?
“How often am I doing them?”
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Zig, Oprah and the Littlest Shopper
Thank you for hanging out with me today.
I hope I added a little extra to your life.
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With kindness and gratitude…
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