Hey there,
Barb Ling here and its time for Chapter 2!
When last you dropped in, I had regaled you with the story of the Honorary Ling kid…. who couldnt see his greatness for anything.
And I hinted at how I decided I would break through his wall of Godzilla-ized carbonite….
… when the impossible happened.
So what WAS that impossible?
It was this.
Now, keep in mind I was fixing my own mental disaster with the calm assurance of a Hospital-for-Special-Surgery-trained Surgeon (fun fact – the head of the Ankle/Foot division was the individual who fused my ankle way back in 2012, but I digress)…
… and 140% of my brainpower was pouring into MassiveRecoveryMode at approximately 938475 gallons per second…
But you know, when MamaBear is called…. MamaBear answers!
So I split myself up into 2 different people…. *at the same time*.
It was bizarre! 1/2 of my mind gave 100% towards counseling HL….
… while the other half of my mind bestowed 100% into being utterly glorious for my own work.
And that means my husband got to witness 200% of Barb Ling!
In other words – Stereo Wives!
So. There I was, talking to HL, and I told him:
The future is ALWAYS in motion.
Like it was last year at time.
And like it will be next year this time.
The ONLY thing you can control is how you choose to ACT or REACT….
So if you own the skills to change your life today….
…. and yet you *choose* to remain in one place and not do any action….
Well, youre bringing into reality the future that you do NOT want…. and you *own* that.
Let me repeat that in a somewhat different fasion, okay?
No action ==> The future you hate will come into being.
And HL said, I cant believe you said that… because … its something I just dont want to face. Because if I face it, I have to accept I can change it.
Powerful, dont you think?
And HL ended the chat very happy indeed.
Which was grand….
Except for one tiny issue.
And THAT issue was threatening to destroy me this morning……
But Im still in the process of turning on a dime, so Ill update you later on today.
Can you guess what that process involved? Methinks it will surprise you more than a moose winning a figure skating contest in spring!
And if you missed Chapter 1….
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Barb Ling here and Id like to invite you to pull up a chair, lean back, close your eyes, then reopen your eyes so you can keep reading, and enjoy the admittedly rather character-building start to my day.
Lets just say things… *happened*.
And I was earlobe deep into making them utterly magnificent when one of my Honorary Ling kids pinged me.
Now, an Honorary Ling is one of *my* kids friends who, in the past, had reached out to me for help and continue to touch base with me, up to this day (my other role as the Super Hero MamaBear is legend in these parts).
And this Honorary Ling (lets call him HL) said to me:
Mrs. Ling, every day I wake up and I cant stop the fear. I feel miserable! Help!
(Insert here me mentally falling off my chair in hysterical laughter, as I had just dealt with something quite similar earlier. 🙂 )
I mean, you can relate, right?
There are times everything seems like it SHOULD be peachier than an entire fruit salad presented at the Hilton Fine Dining Buffet….
… and yet your personal demons kept you from soaring with the eagles and instead, flopping around like a fish out of water.
But everyone ELSE… when they look at you… well, *they* see the reality of how good things really are!
So imagine now the following.
You have someone you deeply care about….
… who has unintentionally blinded himself to seeing just how tremendous he really is….
And even though you could talk until the cows not only come home, but bring Cold Stone ice cream as a dessert….
… you *know* it will take something extraordinary to break through the cast-iron cloak of cement walls that is currently crushing that person.
What would YOU do?
I know what I would do… and decided then to…
Do it!
But then the impossible happened…..
But THAT… is a story for later on today.
What do YOU think it was? Id love to hear your guesses!
Grow strong,
Barb Ling
Authority Marketing Innovator
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