A Process, We Can Trust
March 27, 2025
When guided by feelings we ignore the rest. We all have feelings. The run is hard. The weight feels heavy. The applications are long. So these feelings tell us to stop, to not bother, to cut the run sort or to not try.
Having a process however, does not make space for feelings. You may have cooked something from scratch before. Cutting and dicing four large onions doesn't always feel good. But the process, the recipe, is there to guide us. Just like a map or directions guide where we drive or how.
We all have feelings but how many of us have a process? Where regardless of how you feel you simply follow the path. A process we can trust. Feelings however lie to us, regularly. Runners who run long distances will tell us that the body is great at telling us lies, about when to stop running or to take a short cut instead. But to keep going, with the process of running and staying with the pace, these runners prove what they are made of. And what the process does for them.
Feelings change with or from an unlimited amount of influences. A process hardly changes. Sure you might make adjustments, but the process is never abandoned. The point here it to trust the process outlined for you, for whatever it is you want to do, Be it work, health or a creative venture. Don’t trust your feelings.