That’s the premise of the movie 127 hours: the true story of how Aron Ralston had to cut off his own arm with a dull pocket knife after being trapped under a boulder in Blue John Canyon for 5 days and seven hours.
He then had to navigate his way out of the canyon, and then rappel down a 65-foot sheer cliff face to get to safety.
He made it…but only by being willing to cut his arm off.
You’re also going to make it. And maybe it won’t come down to actually cutting off your arm with a blunt pocketknife.
But maybe you’ll have to give up something that might feel just as painful and unimaginable as losing a limb.
Approval of your parents…socialising with your friends…binge-watching Game of Thrones…3 hours a day on Facebook…taking hot showers…your old identity…
And when the moment comes, where you have to decide between cutting off an attachment that’s keeping you from getting to your destiny: what will you do?
You’ve already made tremendous sacrifices in order to do something that’s killing you. Are you willing to do at least as much in order to pursue something that makes you feel alive?
Is there even one small thing that you’re willing to give up right now in order to pursue what you really want?
And even if you don’t end up having to cut off your arm to escape to freedom…are you at least willing?
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