You are the greatest influencer in your life: 5 steps to flip the script on being stuck
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You’ll never make progress in pressing into a not-yet-everything-you-hope-for circumstance or season if you don’t flip the script about your right-now life.
Unless I rewrite the scripts I use to narrate my everyday life, I will tell myself untrue stories about my circumstances. Let’s begin to flip the script on our hard seasons, shall we? If I can start to enjoy off-riding by flipping the narrative, what can you flip? Ruth Chou Simons is a Wall Street Journal bestselling and award-winning author of several books and Bible studies, including "Now and Not Yet," "GraceLaced," "Beholding and Becoming," "When Strivings Cease," and "TruthFilled." She is an artist, entrepreneur, podcaster, and speaker, using each of these platforms to sow the Word of God into people’s hearts. Through social media, and her online shoppe at GraceLaced.com, Simons shares her journey of God’s grace intersecting daily life with word and art. Ruth and her husband, Troy, are grateful parents to six boys—their greatest adventure.
My husband, Troy, loved it, but I couldn’t understand the appeal. He called it an "adventure." He felt challenged and alive in the mountains. He was motivated to see and witness untouched parts of creation. I had a completely different narrative about off-roading:
Off-roading is not productive unless you consider getting from point A to point B in six hours at a snail’s pace productive. On top of that, it’s uncomfortable and dangerous. I mean, you could get a flat tire, whiplash, or fall off a cliff! Plus, there are no bathrooms along the way, no convenience stores for a bag of chips or a Topo Chico, and no restaurants at the top of the mountain. And once you get to the top of where you’re going, the air is thin and cold! I’ll have a headache for the rest of the day.