🔥 "Everything is Temporary." (3 things + your transformational story)

Josh Holladay

May 19 • mindset

One of THE MOST TRANSFORMATIONAL moments happened... just today.

And, I know, my life will never be the same.

I'll share... but during point #3 below.

For now.

Listen up.

...

This moment.

Right now.

The worry you are carrying.

The win you are chasing.

The situation that has you stuck.

The credit card you own money on...

All of it.

Temporary.

And the second that lands... something shifts.

(Did you feel that?)

(Do you... feel it?)

Breath in.

Let that sit.

Then.

Let's rewrite your future.

Right.

Now.

1. BE HERE.

Be present.

There are no emergencies right now.

There is nothing yelling in your ear.

The suffering... it's all a mental model.

You are fine.

You are okay.

You are here.

Be here.

Stop calculating.

Stop wanting.

Receive the present.

Be here.

2. RELEASE THE GRIP.

You "shouldn't" be anyone, anywhere, doing anything.

You just, are.

No expectations.

No regrets.

You don't have to be who you were yesterday.

Temporary.

Desperation chokes progress.

Calm, clear action invites it back.

Temperary.

Control what you can control.

Let everything else go.

Remember.

Your choices are never a "have to" but a "get to."

3. PLAN FROM PEACE.

(Here's the story that I mentioned above.)

So, I went to a Dr. Appointment earlier today.

But, while I waited, I "caught hold" of a guided meditation.

It was: "To meet the person you will be in 3 years time from now."

And thus, it began.

It went something like this: (abbreviated version)

"Imagine driving up to your house in 3 years. Your home different in X, Y, Z ways."
"Approach the door, knock. It opens."
"Your future self approaches and opens the door."
"What does 'he' look like? How is 'he' different?"
"'He invites you in, says a few words, then motions you to a room to sit and chat.'"
"What is that conversation like? What does 'he' say? How does he hold himself?"
"What do you look like?"
"Before you rise to leave, what are the final words said by your future self?"
"You approach the door. He opens and you walk out."
"But, halfway down the path, you hear your future self call out with one last message. What does he tell you that would be most meaningful right now?"
"You walk back up to the house to respond. You walk up to your future self and quietly thank him."
"Then, you feel an urge to further connect, and step into that future self. You are now one body."
"Now you are looking at your old self, as he turns, smiles, and walks away, gets into his car, and drives off."
"You, as your future self turn and close the door, the proceed to live the life that you've always wanted to live."
"Feel it."
"Believe it."
"Now, live each day so that your daily choices align with that future self on that future day that you will one day be the owner of."
"You are that person, right now. Yet to arrive at that very moment, place, and time."