The greatest temptation that we face is doubt. Doubt can be a crushing force that never gives in to status or situation until you force yourself to understand it and clear it out. ~Andrew D.

Doubt will come in both good times and bad, and stick around until we decide to deal with it.

Understanding that doubt plays a part, whether times are good or bad, we deal with what we need to or we continue to sit inside smoke filled rooms These rooms or areas of life build up with not only doubt, but question as to whether or not we are good enough, or deserving of what we have become.. Doubt comes in many forms. Are we deserving of a relationship? Are we deserving of the new job? Are we deserving of anything at all?

I thought for a long time that understanding doubt was only available through bad times. I thought that doubt happened you were at your lowest. In reality doubt happens the strongest in your good times. The times of a new relationship, a new job, a new opportunity. Sometimes we let our guard down and this is when things can become most detrimental. As the saying goes, misery loves company. Any time things are good our demons become the loudest to try and take back control. Our demons have us ask ourselves why should you feel good when feeling bad has become so accepted?

It is easy to answers your demons by running away, which is exactly what they want. It is easy to give in and not fight back. The easiest way is to let the smoke fill the room so we can pretend that our demons are not there at all. To really answer that call head on, we need to face the doubt and create action so that our lives are no longer lived in question. We sometimes look left when we mean to look right. It is not about us not being worth it, it is about taking the lessons we experience and creating reason by reflecting on the path that has already been created vs the one we are creating.

What are you going to do when the smoke fills up above you and the doubt starts enclosing the room again?