I was with my friend recently and we had a lively and deeply inspiring conversation. As we were talking, that cool thing happened where time stops meaning anything- 40 minutes felt like 4 minutes- that kid of magic. It’s my favourite kind of conversation; almost as though two peoples’ brains become one. Thinking thoughts and expanding them endlessly using dual brain power.
Why do we get on so well with some people and have these flowy conversations? And with others, the conversation rolls on about as smoothly as a car with crates for wheels. There is a particular moment that jumped out at me when I was thinking back to this conversation, it was something my friend said. He said:
“…and then it’s win win. You try something and either it works OR it doesn’t and you learn something. There is no failure, only learning”
This would have slipped past me if it weren’t for the second part of this comment “there is no failure, only learning”. This exact wording is a belief that I’d consciously adopted over the last few years. In the quest for self improvement a super important step is naming the beliefs that dictate our thoughts and actions. Our thoughts about what we’re capable of doing and so what we do and with how much conviction we do those things!
…ANYWAY…
When my friend said that phrase I realised- “Oh! we have a shared belief!”
It makes complete sense when we come back to this idea of how two souls can get on so well.
When beliefs chime magic happens. And when beliefs chime with the future you want to have, then a whole other magic happens.
But that’s a story for another day
