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[Live Bigger] How to stand a little taller, feel a little stronger
Bruce Ross - AI-enhanced Leadership
AI Enablement Strategist | Transforming SMEs with AI-Driven High Performance | Executive Coach | Recent Grandfather!
Each week alternates between Leader Better and Living Bigger insights. This week…
[Live Bigger] How to stand a little taller, feel a little stronger
I’m 62. Lived a lot of my life somewhat bewildered by the pain I saw around me, na?vely hanging on for ‘if only’ solutions.
Those aspirational, #bestlife, quick-tip-instant-fix, bio-hack paths to ‘it’ll come right’…
… cos nirvana is just around the corner.
Now, I’m finding ways to settle more fully into Life. Find a deeper, abiding, more courageous acceptance of this life I have been given.
Seeking gratitude, not simply for the good things, but for the entirety of my life – including the lumps and?bumps. The tragedies and near misses.
I think Holocaust survivor Victor Frankl called it, ‘Tragic Optimism’ – searching for meaning during the inevitable tragedies of human existence.?
More recently, they call it Post Traumatic Growth. We grow from adversity.
This is a deeper level of gratitude.
It comes from pondering how much worse life could have been.
For example, if I accepted that a particular adverse event was going to happen, then reflected on how could it have been worse.
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So what if… taking gut punches while pinballing through life were just table stakes for living? They were actually the minimum required ‘suck’ and I got away with a really light sentence.
How lucky am I?
Adds a deeper appreciation for what is here for me now. And strengthens resolve to embrace inevitable future suck.
Just entertaining the possibility that this is as good as it gets and it could have been a lot worse…
… releases a deeper settlement and appreciation. I become more present in myself and in the moment. Holding space for grace.
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1 年Great share Bruce Ross
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1 年Thanks for your post Bruce Ross. Acceptance.
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1 年This reminds me of that story of the Zen Farmer: https://mindfulness.com/mindful-living/are-these-bad-times-or-good-times-the-story-of-the-zen-farmer