{"id":1569,"date":"2012-05-22T03:00:37","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T07:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lettinggo\/?p=1569"},"modified":"2012-05-20T16:37:47","modified_gmt":"2012-05-20T20:37:47","slug":"proceed-one-step-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2012\/05\/proceed-one-step-at-a-time.html","title":{"rendered":"Proceed One Step at a Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Question:<\/strong> I am overwhelmed by thinking about what I \u201cshould\u201d be doing in my life, yet all success training mentions the importance of goal setting. Is there a correct approach to getting the \u201cimpossible\u201d done?<\/p>\n

Answer:<\/strong> The next time you hear this inner voice of imminent doom, listen instead to this higher instruction: Never again look for a way out of any anxious condition. Proceed in spite of any thoughts or feelings that would have you believe you can\u2019t. Success only becomes impossible when you try to deal with what isn\u2019t in your power. Renegade parts of you want you to waste your powers dealing with them. Your misguided attention to their punishing presence gives them a life they wouldn\u2019t have without tricking you into giving them one. This means you don\u2019t need power to deal with what\u2019s been defeating you, only the higher understanding it takes to consciously dismiss it from your inner life. You have that power now. Start using it. Just behind your certainty that what you have to accomplish is too much for you lies a new and conscious capability to proceed one step at a time, to accomplish one task at a time, to your satisfaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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