It’s possible to get stuck in the mud, stuck in a snowstorm, stuck in traffic. Those things can have power over you…and realizing you’re stuck is simply realizing the thing you’re stuck in is more powerful.
And because they’re more powerful, they takeaway your choice…making you “stuck”.
The word stuck hands over control to the other thing.
And sometimes that’s true.
But most of the time I don’t think we’re stuck. I think we’re stalling.
I’m stuck on my couch watching ESPN.
No, I’m just stalling.
Etc, etc, etc.
We want to use the word stuck because if we’re truly stuck and something truly has power over us then we never have to take the responsibility for not moving?!
But if we dare admit to ourselves and the people around us that we’re stalling…the word stalling admits a different reality.
A reality that says: I’m afraid, I’m embarrassed about not knowing, this is too unfamiliar, if I take another step into the unknown I might die or get laughed at.
Aa ha.
Stalling brings you closer to owning your predicament, and reminds you who is in control.
Stuck sucks…whether true OR false.
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