146: Life is Too Short: When this cliche becomes personal

There’s one phrase that’s such a cliche, until you realize it applies to you.⁣
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The whole catalyst to me deciding to take action and turn my life around a decade ago was this very cliche: life is too short.⁣
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We throw this phrase around pretty innocently...⁣
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But this last week, in the course of 72 hours, I lost three friends. Not just acquaintances, but people who’ve had a huge impact on my life.⁣
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Their passing was sudden, tragic, and innocent.⁣
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And left a lot of people behind asking why. It’s when tragedies like this happen that shit gets put into perspective real quick. ⁣
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Life is a constant moving target and just when you think you got this shit figured out, things change.⁣
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My dad used to tell me, “There are two things you can count on Trace, taxes and change.”⁣
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Although these three beautiful people from my life left this earth far too soon, I know that in their death, there are lessons we can all learn.⁣
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When we’re experiencing tragedy, grief, and loss, different things about ourselves get exposed—we learn very quickly how strong we are, how much more work we have to do, where we have blind spots, and more.⁣
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Life is a constant moving target and just when you think you got this sh*t figured out, things change. ⁣
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I don’t to speak to everybody like they’re an 8 unless they’re an 8. ⁣
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8:18 ⁣
I realize that we are not meant to do this life alone, we’re not, we’re supposed to be in community. ⁣
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11:29 ⁣
If you need somebody to stand in the gap and hold you up, call an Enneagram 8. ⁣
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Where an Enneagram can get stuck and not moving forward in their life is in taking on responsibility and obsessing about what you should or shouldn’t be doing. ⁣
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Sometimes the most loving, helpful thing you can do is say no. ⁣
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18:29 ⁣
Feelings can be overwhelming and consuming, I know this; you can allow yourself to feel the hurt but keep in mind that it will pass. ⁣
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I want you to remember this my 5s, integration for you means embracing some qualities from the 8. ⁣
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I want you to remember my 7s that integration for you comes from when you move towards the 5. ⁣
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The vice of the 8 is lust and a craving of intensity, remember that we don’t have to do that to get our needs met.⁣
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