We all have it. We all listen to it. It drones on and on, all day long. It is the white noise behind our existence. Our internal chat room. It beckons to us and delivers our ’Never Enough’ problem on various channels and in multiple languages. It only takes a few seconds before we fill in the blanks with our own negative tapes. These tapes run constantly and are rarely checked. They were ever loped and established as a slow fade and barely noticeable, yet they define what we think about ourselves, how we view others, and the world. It only takes a few seconds before our tapes final in for us our Never Enough problem whether we are aware of it or not.
They fill in: I am never ____________ enough.
- never good enough
- never perfect enough
- never thin enough
- never young enough
- never powerful enough
- never fit enough
- never successful enough
- never smart enough
- never certain enough
- never safe enough
- never extraordinary enough
Lynne Twist wrote The Soul of Money and she refers to this as the ‘great lie.’ She writes, “For me and many of us, our first waking tough of the days i: I didn't get enough sleep. The next one is : I don't have enough time. Whether true or not, that though of ‘not enough’ occurs to us automatically before we can eve think to question or examine it. We send most of the hour and the days of our lives hearing , explaining, complaining, or worrying about what we don;t have enough of….Before we even sit up in bed, before our feet touch the floor, we’re already inadequate, already behind, already losing, already lacking something. And by the time we go to bed at night, our minds are bracing with a litany of what we didn't get, or didn't get done, that day. We go to sleep burned by those thoughts and wake up tot act reverie of lack….This internal condition of scarcity, this mind-set of scarcity, lives at the very heart of our jealousies, our greed, our prejudice, and our arguments."
Wow. There it is. Our internal chat room chaos at its finest. I encourage each of us to sit with this. Meditate on it. Go to your mat with it. We are taught to bring every thought captive. Our thoughts frame our actions which frame the state of our heart. What comes out of mouth is what overflows from our hearts. What do you believe about yourself? Are you enough? Where in your life do you fall into the habit of your never-enough problem? Is it as a wife/husband, mother/father, child, or friend? Is in in your career, finances, things you own, clothes you wear? Check the rooms of your heart, mind, and soul effected by the drone of our never-enough chatter of very own personalized, internal chat room. Our mind is our greatest barrier.
The Navy Seals have a 40-percent rule: when your mind is telling you you’re done, you’re really only 40% done. Quitting at 40% is commendable. At 40%, you’ve done some hard work and have something to show for it. But beyond 40% is the battlefield of blood, sweat, and tears, when your unreliable mind questions whether this was such a good idea. It is also the point where all of your 'Not-Enough' problems show up....I'm not good enough, strong enough, smart enough, successful enough, extraordinary enough....our list goes on. Fill in your blank with what you discovered. Once you can define it, name and own it, it loses its power bit by bit.
In this moment of realization, if we remember to quiet the mind, go to breath and realize our mind is greatest obstacle, we can achieve more than we ever dreamt possible. When you hit your 40% marker, remember there is MUCH MORE gas in your tank and being brilliant is only a breath away. Breathe into it and give permission for your transformation to be contagious. Onward and upward. #bebrilliant #surfyoursoul #Iamenough
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