Tension is what sparks change in us.
Tension is what we feel and it builds when we want to be “there” but we are still feeling trapped “here”.
I didn’t know that was tension until Seth Godin taught me about it.
When you notice something inside yourself you begin to understand it a little better.
We feel the tension, and we respond with an emotion.
In the beginning the tension might make us feel defeated or like we can’t make the leap to get “there”.
The more we imagine ourselves “there” the more the tension builds and we might become frustrated.
If we still don’t make the leap our frustration might turn to feeling exasperated.
Recognizing the tension for what it is helps us to calm the emotional reaction.
The tension represents a change you are wanting to make.
When you bust through the tension, great things happen. Limiting beliefs die, your worldview changes, and you become a new person.
Not recognizing tension leaves you an emotional and reactive hot mess.
It’s nothing to be feared, it’s just the way it works.