Hard things are well…hard.

There are all sorts of things that are hard to do, and they are different for everyone – picking up the phone to tell someone you are sorry, or letting a supplier know you won’t be able to pay them back because your business has gone under, facing the fear of falling while learning to roller skate, being open and honest (and compassionate) with someone you have a difficult relationship with.

There is always that wall to get through, when your survival instinct says, “Run!” even though you know it has to get done. That wall is where we face some of our toughest challenges, where we decide whether we will avoid the pain of pushing through, even though the pain is usually imagined. Anxiety about things that may or may not happen holds us back.

That is the point of choice where we decide whether we will do, because doing hard things starts with doing.