You hold it together all day.
Where people watch you, you stay calm. In the evening, in front of her, you let go. The wall, or the explosion.
You paid the wrong price.
Your health, your joy, sometimes your marriage: you gave them to hold a role. The real price, you haven't paid yet. Telling the truth. Choosing. Standing on your own, alone if you must.
Peace isn't a result. It's a stance. It can be trained.
The call, to decide now. The letters, to start tonight. Neither commits you to anything.
Where people watch you, you stay calm. In the evening, in front of her, you let go. The wall, or the explosion.
You could explain your pattern better than anyone. It still gets you.
At work, at home, to yourself. And you still don't become the man you want to be.
Ten projects, sparks that fade. Stopping would mean looking.
And you say: "that's just how I am." It isn't you. It's what you built to hold on.
A sentence at the dinner table. A look. Your jaw tightens before you've had a thought. You react. Then you blame yourself.
Your resolutions arrive afterwards. Too late. Knowing isn't enough. You keep looking ahead, when it's underneath. We don't work on calming you down: we work on your stance, in three places.
Feel the reaction arrive in your throat, your stomach, your shoulders. And stay with it instead of leaving.
Hurt, and not give way. Neither deny what you feel, nor obey it.
See the story you tell yourself to protect who you think you are. And let it drop.
What remains: a whole man.
Not without pain. Without confusion.
ICF Professional Certified Coach since 2012. More than 1,000 coaching hours. The maps I use are on the About page.
| Today | The integrated man |
|---|---|
| wants the result without paying the price | knows everything has a price, and chooses which one he pays |
| runs from pain, or denies it | hurts, knows it, and stays standing |
| needs to be right | stays in relationship |
| hides or avoids fear | walks toward his fear |
| commands, or settles for compromise | shows the way |
| dissolves or shuts down in his relationship | stays present, whatever happens |
| makes excuses, waits for apologies | apologises first, and takes 100% responsibility |
| controls to feel at peace | holds peace as a stance |
| energy switched off or compressed | energy channelled |
| vulnerability hidden, or worn as an identity | vulnerability as the source of courage |
| is against | is in service of |
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