The Evidence Will Follow

Once it actually happens you’ll have proof that it did. 

But what do you do until it does? 

Growth needs us to be bold. Growth needs us to first own something we might believe we don’t own. An identity, and with it the willingness to accept and embody that identity of who we aspire to be before we have the tangible proof we actually are.

Who we believe we are sets our foundation. Who we believe we are shapes our efforts, energies, and expectations which reinforces our belief in who we believe we are. 

Identity always expresses itself. Good, bad, or indifferent.

Believing we are unworthy will keep us unworthy. We will do and expect the things consistent with our accepted unworthiness. Believing we are unhealthy will keep us unhealthy because we will continue to do unhealthy things. Believing we are unlovable, unlucky, or unable will perpetuate more of the same.

When we definitively see ourselves as being who or what we want to be our behaviors and habits will begin to align with the vision we have for our desired self. When we start there may be no proof we actually are who we say we are. But when we embrace and live from the desired identity we will create the evidence which supports the vision of what we wish to accomplish, create, or become.

Believing that you are is the critical first step in becoming who you are.

Start. 

Persist. 

The evidence will follow.

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