Conquering Yourself

The more I get to know myself the more I realize I am my own enemy. I often wonder if this is a paradox that’s holding back.

We are so used to living in our comfort zone that being imprisoned feels safer. Fear, routine, procrastination, busyness, comparing ourselves to others, and self-doubt. Why do we keep what we love behind bars?

There’s a quote by Denis Whitley I have stuck on my refrigerator. “It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.”

Our lives are boundless, there are so many possibilities. However, we must first conquer what is holding us back -our minds.

I often create my own suffering, by the perceptions of myself.

Our pursuit of happiness can quickly turn into obsession. The more we chase it the less we will enjoy it. We expect happiness to happen to us, rather than develop an appreciation for it.

Consciously or not, we all desire fear and happiness at the same time.

Happiness is a byproduct, not a goal. Enjoying something is a path towards loving it in the long run.

How would reactors on us, no one on earth will let you out of your perceived misery. We have to stop waiting for someone to fix our problems, when it’s up to us.

Other people can influence how we live, only if we let them. Being in charge of our lives is our responsibility.

All the decisions we make are based on either of love or fear.

 It seems like we’re all fighting what we can’t manage or doesn’t go our way which only gets us stuck in a losing battle.

When we can adapt our reality, it doesn’t mean that we are giving up. It means we stop using fighting battles and focus our energy on what really matters.

Loa Tzo said “water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome what is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.”

We need to learn to be fluid and as adaptive as water.

I think we all overthink when we really need to move into action. Overthinking paralyzes us, and there is no worse outcome. Not all of us have answers to what is right. We all learn as we go. The more we do something the better we become at it. But mastery requires practice. Doing is how we get there.

When you come round to taste our gut. It is good to have a bright, analytical brain, but at the end of the day our stomach is the smartest organ in our body.

When we feed our thoughts we live through them. thinking is natural, but looking at life through our thoughts will eat us alive. We need to learn with our thoughts. Our thoughts distort our perspectives.

We create our thoughts, and our thoughts create our intentions, and our intentions create our reality.

Living in a way you want to be remembered. That’s how we stop being afraid of dying. When we let our passion, not our fears drive us.

We need to stop looking outside if we don’t expect others to tell us how to achieve our dreams. The answer is in us. Change comes from within.

We cannot change until we choose to change.

What we do in our mind is what holding us back. Our dreams depend on us. Only we can set ourselves free.