What Happens When You Have No Choice?

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“When there is no choice, there’s no fear.” Byron Katie

I read this statement this morning and, honestly, it had me doing some mental gymnastics…

At first, I thought when I have no choice, I don’t like it! Some people, when they have no choice, tend to turn into a victim/hostage, some people will fight to the death like a wounded animal, and others will accept it and move on. And, out of all of those options, you still have a choice. So, what to do with this statement?

As I thought about it more, I realized there are many times when I don’t have a choice about something and I move forward. For example:

• When there’s a pandemic that forces you to stay at home
• When your son, a week into a pandemic, chops his knee while cutting firewood and you can’t stay at the hospital with him
• When you lost 3 friends in 6 hours to COVID
• When your community experiences a 500-year flood and 3 dams break and you evacuate
• When your live, in-person business turns into an online business overnight

I had no choice in these matters. And I’m sure you have a list of things too!

I realized the quicker I accepted what was happening and went into problem-solving mode, the quicker I moved on. It was almost like recognizing I had no choice (“This is what we’re doing now.) and acceptance spurred me on to transform my situation into something good for me and me people.

Rather than getting stuck in fear. Fear of not doing the right thing (how does one DO a pandemic right?). Fear of not making the right choice (not up to me!).

What about you? How can you ensure you move forward even when the world falls apart?

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