Find the truth

Admit the Struggle
Identify the Lie
Replace It with the Truth

I wrote this in 2019. Recently, I was going through my notes and found it with no context attached, so I sat with it for a while and studied it from where I am now. I wanted to see if any of it had changed.

It had — a little.

“Admit the struggle” has changed into: What are you afraid of?

Here’s why.

The struggle is easy to see. We feel it in our core whenever we’re wrestling with a decision, a fear, or a situation. But I challenge you to go deeper. Why? Because the truth rests in the roots, not in the plant above the ground. What we see on the surface is only the result of what’s happening underneath.

“Identify the lie” still holds true. The question now is: What is the lie?

Today, I would ask it this way: What lies do you believe about yourself that are hurting you?

This ties directly into the first point. It’s about identifying the things you’ve believed about yourself for years:

“You’re not good enough.”
“You’re a disappointment.”
“You’ll never make it.”
“You’re not smart enough.”

You get the idea.

These are voices everyone hears to some degree or another. The problem is when we start treating them like truth.

Once you recognize those lies, you can begin building a plan to confront and fight them. Everyone has a unique identity that belongs specifically to them. There is only one of you, and there will only ever be one of you. That person exists underneath all the lies and false beliefs.

Replace it with the truth.

That still stands true today.

The truth really does set you free. When you learn to cast aside the false and embrace what is true about yourself, amazing things can happen. Your identity becomes an anchor. It helps you battle fear when it comes. It gives you a way to recognize the difference between what is false and what is real.

And truth — no matter how hard it may be to believe at first — has a way of resonating deep inside you. Like a tuning fork hitting the exact right note.

-Coach Doug-