Problems have an unfair reputation.
Sometimes what looks like a problem is simply clarity warming up.
We tend to see them as interruptions. Obstacles. Proof that something has gone wrong.
But from the inside-out, problems aren’t really things at all. They’re moments when thinking has tightened up just enough to make life look smaller than it actually is.
You can’t have a solution without a problem, and a life without solutions is flat and boring.
Steve Chandler, author and coach
What’s interesting is this:
The moment our thinking settles, the “problem” no longer needs fixing. It either dissolves… or quietly reveals the next obvious step.
That’s why problems often turn out to be generous teachers. Not because they’re hard. But because they invite us back into clarity.
Seen this way, every problem is a kind of pop-up seminar in understanding:
Oh… this is what life looks like when I’m caught up.
And just as quickly:
Oh… this is what it looks like when I’m not.
No force required. No positive thinking. No heroic effort.
Just a shift in the quality of mind.
From there, solutions tend to show up with a sense of ease. Sometimes even elegance. Occasionally, with a wink and a bit of good mischief.
Maybe that’s what fearless really is.
Not the absence of problems.
But the growing confidence that whatever shows up, clarity is closer than it looks.
Much Love,
Rick Ruppenthal | COACHING 