The Bottom Line

I've had to make decisions as of late around the proverbial "bottom line". And it's been challenging. Traditionally, "bottom line" refers to the last line of a financial statement where the net profits/loss are posted. Meaning the end result of decision making...the impact it had on operations...and how it translates to a cash position. It's a reference point to measure how well an entity is performing. The truth of things. What we can't hide from. The importance of and the simplicity in "this is what it is".

I find my own personal sense of bottom line being challenged in the process of that decision making. How am I, myself as an entity, performing? Am I measuring up to my own values? My own potential? Making friends with my own bottom line shows me what I am willing to tolerate in pursuit of being the best version of myself possible. Where is that line in the sand for me? How uncomfortable am I willing to get? What adversity am I willing to face in standing my ground? Can I do it scared? Should I?

I think we each have our own sense of a "bottom line", if you will. A set of standards or values that are clear to us. A way of measuring ourselves and what we are willing to go through guided by that clarity. Our personal bottom line is a beautiful boundary that beckons us to reclaim our personal power. It says "This. This is as far as I'm willing to go. This is necessary for me. And I'm good with that."

Who we are in our every word, every action...and how we are with others with those words and actions is the measure of our bottom line. It's the truth of things. The value and simplicity in "this is who I am". With all our gains and losses. And to have it be something we feel good about. Even feel great about. And to rest well in the knowing of it.

To truly be able to say...

This. This is me.

And that's the bottom line.

xo

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