Is that “dislike” actually yours?

One day.

I was thinking about work
and found myself saying,
“Honestly… I really don’t want to do this.”

I even threw a little silent tantrum inside.
But — there are tasks you simply have to do sometimes.
We all know that.

But this time, something caught my attention.

Why was I complaining so much?
Where exactly was that “I don’t want to” coming from?

So I slowed down.
I gently stayed with that feeling — in my chest.

And then, something shifted.

It wasn’t the same texture I first felt.

“…Wait.”

I looked at the task again.

“Is this really — truly — something I don’t want to do?”

My first reaction started to change shape.

The point here is not
to force yourself to like something.

It’s more like this:

When a value was handed to us externally,
and not created from our own center,
it can easily turn into the feeling of
being made to do it.

Because it wasn’t born from us.

But when you feel your inside fully,
and choose from there —
even if your choice ends up being
“I still don’t want to do it,”
there is a kind of clarity in that.

So — the question:

Are the things you dislike
really the things you dislike?

Sometimes, pausing for a moment
and looking again
might quietly shift something.