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When Are You Going to Leave It in the Water?

So let me tell you a story that might sound familiar. There’s a frog sitting in a pot of water on the stove. The heat gets turned on, and the water starts to warm up. Slowly. Gradually. The frog doesn’t jump out because the change is so incremental that it doesn’t notice the danger until it’s too late.

You’ve heard that one before, right? But here’s the thing. You’re not a frog! You know exactly what’s happening in your life right now. You know! The water is getting hotter. You can feel it. So why are you still sitting there?

I’m asking you directly: when is your “leaving it in the water” moment going to arrive?

You Already Know What Needs to Change

Let’s be honest with each other. You didn’t stumble across this article by accident. Something brought you here, and that something is the nagging voice in your head that keeps reminding you that your current situation isn’t working. Maybe it’s your job that drains every ounce of energy from your soul. Maybe it’s a relationship that stopped serving you years ago. Maybe it’s your health, your habits, your entire daily routine that’s slowly killing your spirit. It happens.

You know what it is. You’ve known for a while now though.

The problem isn’t awareness. You’re painfully aware. The problem is that you’ve become comfortable with the discomfort. You’ve adapted to the heat. You’ve convinced yourself that this is just how life is, that everyone struggles like this, that change is too hard or too risky or too complicated.

But here’s what I need you to understand. Every single day you spend in that lukewarm misery is a day you’re choosing it. Not because you love it. Not because it’s good for you either. But because leaving it in the water feels safer than diving into the unknown.

And here’s the harder truth! God didn’t create you to live in survival mode. He didn’t breathe life into you so you could spend your days going through the motions, settling for less, or ignoring the gifts He placed inside you. That restlessness you feel? That’s not just discomfort. That’s a divine nudge telling you there’s more!

The Cost of Waiting for Rock Bottom

A lot of people think they need to hit rock bottom before they can change. They’re waiting for some dramatic moment, some crisis that will finally give them permission to do what they already know they need to do. They think they need to lose everything before they’re justified in wanting something different.

That’s nonsense, and deep down, you know it.

Rock bottom isn’t a requirement for change. It’s just the price you pay for waiting too long. Why do you need to lose your health completely before you start taking care of yourself? Why do you need to have a breakdown before you quit the job that’s breaking you?

You don’t need permission from the universe to change your life. You don’t need things to get worse before they can get better. You just need to be sick and tired enough of your own excuses to finally do something about it.

The real question is? How much more are you willing to lose before you act?

What “Leaving It in the Water” Actually Means

Here’s what I mean by leaving it in the water. It’s that moment when you stop clinging to what’s familiar and finally let go of what’s drowning you. It’s when you stop trying to fix something that’s fundamentally broken and start building something new instead.

It’s not about gradual improvement. It’s not even about making small adjustments to a situation that needs a complete 180. It’s about having the guts to walk away from what isn’t serving you. Even when you don’t have all the answers about what comes next.

Leaving it in the water means this.

Quitting the job before you have another one lined up because you know staying is destroying you.

Ending the relationship even though you’re afraid of being alone because you realize you’re already lonely.

Walking away from the business that’s bleeding you dry instead of throwing good money after bad.

Abandoning the version of yourself that everyone expects you to be so you can become who you actually are.

It’s scary. It’s going to feel uncomfortable . It requires you to trust yourself in ways you haven’t before. But more than that, it requires you to trust God in ways you haven’t before either. To believe that when you step out in faith, even when the path isn’t clear, He’ll meet you there. He has done so for me countless times. Whether you realize it or not, he has for you too:) To understand that staying in what’s killing you isn’t faith, it’s fear disguising itself as patience.

You know what’s scarier! Looking back in five years and realizing you’re still in the same place, still making the same excuses, still waiting for the perfect moment that never comes. Don’t become that..

The Myth of Perfect Timing

Let me save you some time:) There is no perfect moment. The stars will never align. You are never going to feel completely ready. There will always be a reason to wait just a little bit longer, like a couple more days!

Your brain is designed to keep you safe, not to make you happy. It will manufacture every possible excuse to keep you from taking risks. It will remind you of every past failure. It will go through every possible outcome. It will tell you that next month will be better, no next year will be easier, someday everything will be perfect.

Your brain is lying to you.

The only difference between now and later is that later, you’ll have wasted more time. You’ll be older, more set in your ways, more convinced that change is impossible. The circumstances won’t be better.

Think about the Israelites wandering in the desert for forty years. They had a promised land waiting for them! But fear kept them circling the same mountain, the same problems, the same complaints. God had already prepared something better, but they had to be willing to leave Egypt behind. I don’t mean just physically, but mentally and spiritually as well.

So if you’re waiting for the right time? Let me tell you when it is….RIGHT NOW! Today. This moment! Not because everything is perfect, but because it never will be. God doesn’t wait for perfect conditions to move, and neither should you.

What Happens When You Finally Leave It

I won’t lie to you and say that everything becomes easy the moment you make the change. It doesn’t. Leaving it in the water is just the beginning. There’s uncertainty ahead. There are challenges you haven’t faced yet. There will be moments when you question your decision.

But here’s what else happens….. You remember what it feels like to breathe…. You rediscover the person you were before you started compromising yourself into oblivion….. You realize that the fear of change was so much worse than the reality of it….. You understand that you’re stronger and more capable than you gave yourself credit for. That one is one of my biggest battles for me personally. But daily, I show up for myself. I do what I say I’m going to do now, or do my damn best. I don’t hold guilt or shame over my head. You have to learn to let go and move on from that pain or guilt. Get rid of it!

Start living, instead of just surviving. You start walking in the purpose God designed for you instead of the prison you built for yourself.

Your Moment Is Coming

So I’ll ask you again. When is your “leaving it in the water” moment going to be?

Because it’s coming. One way or another, something is going to change. Either you’re going to choose it, or life is going to choose it for you. Either you’re going to take control, or circumstances are going to take control of you.

You can wait until you have no choice. You can let the water boil until you’re forced to jump. Or you can decide right now that you’ve had enough, that you deserve better, that you’re done settling for a life that doesn’t light you up!

The water isn’t going to cool down on its own. The situation isn’t going to fix itself. Nobody is coming to save you.

But here’s the good news! You don’t need saving. You just need to be brave enough to partner with God and save yourself. He’s already provided everything you need. Strength, the wisdom, the opportunity. He’s just waiting for you to stop asking for signs and start taking steps.

So what’s it going to be? How much longer are you going to sit there? How much hotter does the water need to get?

Your “leaving it in the water” moment is waiting for you. The only question is whether you’ll recognize it when it arrives, or whether you’ll make another excuse and settle back into the heat for another day, another month, another year.

I think you already know what you need to do. The question is whether you’re finally sick and tired enough to do it?

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