Stop Pretending and Start Living

Personal Development is a forever ongoing learning.
Just when you think you've got it covered... the Universe presents itself with a "ok... now I think you're ready for this..." situation that can sometimes make you step-back and ... re-examine the situation and kind-of leave you pondering...

I was at a point in my life, back in early spring, where I thought I was doing ok. And I was.
Things were rolling fine, and were starting to fall into place... somewhat...

Anyways - I happen to fall upon the below video randomly (which can only mean that this was the Universe talking DIRECTLY to me!!). 

The video was recorded at a Tony Robbins seminar.

It’s really long so you might want to grab yourself a cup of hot something, get into a comfy chair, eliminate obviously distractions and ...step into the world of "Tony Robbins"...

PS Also to take as a note, he uses (at times) vulgar language – so this is a warning if you have sensitive ears.

http://pinterest.com/pin/267190190362684606/

Video really starts at about 5:28…

Summary: It’s a about a woman (who at the time didn’t know this would happen to her at this moment) –

Discovers… well uncovers… who she truly is. It’s quite a touching story.

This older-woman has lived her life… how she ‘thought’ was she was ‘supposed to’.

Tony makes her look internally and… has her discover “her”self.

After viewing this video, I was (have to admit it) completely moved. Somewhere in 'her' I saw myself. I was this hard, tough-exteriour, "I-can-do-it-myself" kind of woman who really didn't want anyone or anything to help me. ...I know I've grown since then but this type of thinking did form a base for my 'roots' and...making me believe 'this is who I am'.

So this sense of vulnerability and weakness was an ah-ha moment for me. I have previously written about vulnerability however for some reason, at that particular moment in time - this version of vulnerability stood out for me, it spoke to me.

This testimony gets me every time and touches my inner-emotions with such 'silk'. It's so smooth of a transition and so soft - you just can't help yourself, but to fall in love.

Around the 1hour 30 minutes, an ah-ha moment takes place and in the next few minutes a huge liberation takes place...  

Lisa (the older woman) eventually says: "How on earth could I think such thoughts?"

To which Tony replies:
"When people get stuck in a Fear place, and when people get in fear they focus on significance and certainty. And those are both important human needs but they should only both happen after we first love. And then the significance is a beautiful significance. The significance of wanting to give significantly, love significantly, contribute significantly. And then certainty lasts because it has the vibration of love in it and not the vibration of controlling it."

Wow.. if that don't get to you then I don't know what will.

Instead of trying to be appropriate, people just need to tell and live the truth. - Amen to that!