Did you succeed?

Did you answer correctly?

And what do those responses really have to say about you as a person? 

Did you pause?

Are you, even now, trying to make sense out of what you just went through?

What if I told you right this second,

you are feeling the filter that judges, defines  and filters every factor that we see,

feel,

believe

and interpret to meet what it feels is necessary for us to believe to be worthy. 

And right now you feel exposed and want to know what this audit has to say about you personally? 

How exposed are you now having taken this audit?

You want the results so that part of the brain can classify it, file it,  and then determine how to rate it all determined by its scale of safety.

What if I told you are trying to measure water with a tape measure.

The frustration we felt during those 20 prompts is the same "invisible weight" we carry into

every meeting,

every email,

and every decision.

We have been taught  to believe that this fraction of a second filter system, we all have,

must have a correct rule/classification for everything. 

What believe that these filtered identification markers are set in stone.

The definition  of how we explain everything in our lives,

how we think,

process,

love,

believe,

build , and more

are not run on an understanding of the big picture.

The understanding  that needs time, often time in learning and changing, as it applies to our circumstances, are in reality defined within seconds and when in doubt, label it anything,so it can be filed.

If you're still with me,

and that part of the brain hasn’t shut you down yet and are still trying to categorize this experience. You have identified in real time what I believe less than 1% have experienced. And this is nothing to be afraid of unless you like being on a 24/7 auto pilot existence. 

I get it, the concept of another thing to add to your brain numbing to-do list.

But what if I told you it is just the opposite.

It can be freeing knowing that everything is NOT at a hypervigilance level. To have control in who is steering the boat instead of being stuck in continuous rapids, in a canoe without a paddle.

I’m not going to push anyone and it's not too late to go back to what was. Your brain will file this and in a few days you will be right back to where you were this morning when you got up.