Liberate Yourself From Self-Limiting Thoughts and Feelings
Whenever we suffer over what we aren’t able to do, have, win, or work through, our attention in these moments is riveted on our own thoughts, thoughts that are busy telling us we’re somehow stuck. Maybe you can recognize some of these heavy-hearted inner voices. They say in one way or another . . .
• “I’ll never get out of this mess.”
• “I’m too stupid to learn these things.”
• “I must have done something terrible to deserve this!”
• “There’s no point in going any farther.”
• “This is definitely hopeless.”
Now, on the surface of things, these all-too-familiar whispers of defeat – these dark voices that reach our inner ears, speaking to us with our own voice – seem to be genuinely concerned with our unfortunate condition. But a deeper look into this covert operation reveals these troubled thoughts are up to something totally different. There is an unseen “conspiracy of limitation” taking place within our own consciousness! Follow the next four ideas all the way to their stunning conclusion. They show us that self-illumination and self-liberation are one and the same power.
1. The more these gloomy voices talk to us, the more discouraged we feel.
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Thank you. Thank you. This is a column full of energy and life-changing thoughts. And we need them more than ever today, especially when so many people are dealing with the loss of jobs, or homes, or both. There are plenty of gloomy voices all around us in the world; we don't need extra ones inside.
As a (trying to reform) self-admitted control freak, dropping self-defeating demands will be my biggest challenge. Understanding that it can be done seems easy; doing it seems hard. I hope you'll be writing more in the future. And thank you again.