Episode 22 - The Pink Elephant - Embracing Your Audacious Hopes and Dreams
In the journal entry titled "The Pink Elephant," the author addresses the common tendency to deny one's hopes and dreams out of fear or hesitation. The metaphorical pink elephant symbolizes unacknowledged desires and aspirations that linger in the room of one's consciousness. The entry encourages openness and transparency in admitting one's true desires and emphasizes the need to confront and pursue these dreams without living in denial. It stresses the importance of boldly proclaiming aspirations, sharing them with others, and taking actionable steps to manifest audacious hopes and dreams.
Takeaway Action Item: After reflecting on the questions posed in the entry, take a proactive step in acknowledging and articulating your most audacious hopes and dreams. Share them with someone you trust or write them down for yourself. Break through the denial and be transparent about the life you truly desire. Establish a plan of action with specific steps to move towards these aspirations. Embrace accountability by sharing your goals with someone who can support and encourage your journey. Remember, the key to living your best life is admitting what you genuinely desire in your heart and taking intentional steps to make it a reality.
Reflect & Write:
What are your most audacious hopes and dreams for your life? You know, those scary ones. Are you crystal clear on the exact life you want to live? Have you ever shared those hopes and dreams with anyone else? If so, great! If not, why? What is keeping you from saying them aloud? What's keeping you from being like Nate and boldly proclaiming from the mountaintops that you want more out of this life? Have you been living in denial? Have you convinced yourself that where you are is good enough? Are you ready to leave the state of denial, go after what you want, and live as you have always imagined? Do you have the determination to see it through? Are you ready to say it aloud and let others hold you accountable for improvement? To live your best life, you must admit what you think in your heart.
Take some time and ponder those questions if you are ready to make the shift and put that pink elephant behind you.
Now Act:
Remember, the pink elephant cannot move on its own. The pink elephant is not a figment of your imagination. The pink elephant is real. It reminds you that the Spirit has so much remaining for you to do and that the Infinite gave you everything you need to be who you want to be when you are no more.
Let's get rid of that pink elephant today. It's time to speak out loud about the hopes and dreams you have for your life. Don't be afraid. Be bold. And get to work. Nate invites us to today's journal to acknowledge the pink elephant in your lives. If you have not already done so, write down precisely what you want to do with the generously gifted, undeserved time you have, the person you want to become before your time is up. Then share what you wrote with 2-3 others who you know will hold you to doing the work to fulfill each of those audacious hopes and dreams.
