The quality of our life and our results is shaped by where we place our trust. We can trust that our lives are working for us or we can trust that our lives are working against us – either way you’ll be right.

Leaning out robs you from understanding the heart of your challenge, sentencing you to repeating it over and over again. Leaning in reveals what there really is to deal with, hard work that when addressed, forever frees you from the source of the challenge. Lean in for liberation. Leaning out will only keep you stuck.

We don’t grow by denying the hard realities that we may be facing or trying to run away from them. That likely makes them worse and leaves us victimized by their effects. We grow by the presence to acknowledge and truly own our challenges.