What Do You Want?

Ruminating on the things we don’t want seems productive. We strive to avoid pain through rolling through the list of things to avoid. It turns out this list is infinite.

• We don’t want to run out of energy

• We don’t want to get hurt

• We don’t want to look stupid

• We don’t want to be alone

• We don’t want to rock the boat

• We don’t want to be told “no”

• We don't want to ______ 

Making a list of what we don’t want would take all day.

It turns out, making a list of what we DO want is harder. It’s harder because it’s vulnerable and courageous… because you might not get it.