Mind Revolution

This past week, a theme popped up multiple times in my work. And it’s a theme that I used to run unconsciously as well. It goes something like this…   “I have to struggle to succeed.”   “People who suffer deserve to succeed.”   “Life is pain.”    “The more I can overcome pain and suffering, the more I prove my worthiness.”   When I was a single mom, I had several girlfriends who were in similar circumstances. We were all hardworking professional single moms who were bringing home (and cooking and serving) the bacon.    We were carting our kids around and supervising homework in between closing deals. We’d get together to sympathize with one another, pump each other up, and lick each others’ war wounds.    Heck, we were proud of those wounds. We were overcoming the hardships — we were doing it!   And at some point, it just became sad. If we were so awesome, why didn’t we have the partner we deserved? Why were our clients and customers such jerks sometimes? Why was life so exhausting?   If this sounds familiar,