The Desire Map: A Guide to Creating Goals with Soul by Danielle LaPorte

Author:Danielle LaPorte [LaPorte, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
Publisher: Sounds True
Published: 2013-12-31T14:00:00+00:00

You are in love with something

That’ll tell you who you are

—“Starlovers,” Gus Gus

Sometimes dreaming of more than what we’ve got can feel like it’s betraying our current reality. As if wishing for something different means that we’re unappreciative of what we have. As if longing for a little less of this, or a brighter shade of that, denigrates what stands in front of us.

While you may feel guilty for doing what it takes to achieve your goals—we’ll talk about that in a bit—your actual dreams and guilt should never be in the same room together. They’re like the clamps on jumper cables that you never want to cross. If you clamp guilt onto your dream terminal, your desire will get fried into an unrecognizable, unusable mass of electrical confusion.

“I want it … but I feel guilty for wanting it.” Wires. Crossed. Neither the universe nor your psyche have any idea what to do with that mixed message.

Recognize your preferences and emerging wishes without laying a guilt trip on yourself. Judged desires will make your potentiality very, very cautious. Acknowledged desires whisper to your potential, “It’s time to come out into the light.”

You’re probably going to feel guilty. Maybe you were raised in an environment where desire was considered a negative thing. Or your social circle constantly reinforces the message that you shouldn’t dare to bust out. And maybe you frequently feel guilty for wanting what you want—and you know that’s causing blocks in your life.

So how to vanquish the guilt? How to avoid guilt altogether so you can go get what you want? You can’t. You don’t. Guilt is part of the deal.

As you craft the life of your dreams, you will experience guilt. It’s part of having a conscience; it’s the tension in “creative tension.”

You leave the person who gave you your first big break because it’s time to grow. You leave your kid with a babysitter so you can have time to write. You leave behind your mother’s idea of success.

You slough off perceived limitations. You go for more. You use brighter colors. You fly higher than they did. You get further than you planned. You let someone down so you can lift up your life purpose.

You’re going to feel guilty. Breathe. The guilt associated with following your heart is a weight you can bear if your desires are strong enough. It’s the price of admission to fulfillment.

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