Make the jump--suspend disbelief

 One of the functions of the brain is to survive. It does what it can to preserve the body and vital parts. When we stay too long in a cold environment, blood flow to the extremities is restricted to preserve heat to the core functions. It's why our fingers and toes get cold easily if they aren't protected.

In a similar sense our paradigms, the mindset and belief systems that basically govern our perceptions and behaviors, do all they can to preserve our lives, to keep us from getting hurt, to be safe and secure.

This mindset is what conjures up the doubt, the skepticism, the disbelief. It reminds us of all the times we've attempted to change in the past...and failed. It serves up a hefty dose of "reality" along with a big side of reservations.

But our past doesn't dictate our future. Past failures are only learning opportunities.

If we drive our lives while looking at the rearview mirror at our past, we'll either crash or we'll go so slow it'll take multiple lifetimes to reach a destination.

The problem we all face is not rational thinking, it's habitual thinking. And that habitual thinking is rooted in the past, on flawed or incomplete conclusions.

Our paradigms want to point to the past, to our hesitancy, reluctance, etc. as proof that we can't make an explosive change--a quantum leap--in our lives. They want hard proof that the quantum leap can be made.

What we need to do is turn that belief system around. Where is the absolute, hard proof that we can't make the quantum leap? Where is the proof we can't change for the better?

We need to become child-like in that we need to put our faith--sure faith--in our success. When we fall, we get up because we want to walk. Falling doesn't mean we fail. We need to see ourselves through the eye of faith that we have already succeeded.

Doubt only your limits.

Wherever you put your focus, that is where your energy flows to. Those are the results that you will attract into your life. Focus on doubt, you'll reap doubt and failure. Focus on what you want, making decisions and acting towards that focus, you will harvest the eventual results.