You Can't Change What's Going On Around You Until You Start Changing What's Going on Within You
All significant and long term change starts from within and makes its way outwards π
Humans are not meant to stop growing. In fact, no living thing on earth is meant to stop growing. We are all alive, reaching for the sun.
My life has been a journey of self-discovery—at times a very bumpy and uneasy ride. I spent most of my life feeling angry and upset with people and hurt because the way they treated me.
People would not always do what I expected of them, and this disappointed me. My life and my relationships needed to change. And I realised I had to make these changes.
I needed to start taking responsibility for myself and my behaviour and I needed to stop trying to force others to change.
I needed to love and accept myself. I had spent a great deal of my life pushing people away because I did not love myself.
I discovered that I would only allow people to love me to the extent that I loved myself.
I knew I had to be vulnerable and open to help or I would not grow or get out of this sad life I had created for myself.
Who I was at that moment was a result of everything I had experienced and programmed in childhood. I discovered that I was using this as my tool to blame others.
One of my favourite sayings was “Well, This is who I am.”
How can you progress by exploring within ?
Progress in life is all about reinvention. I am going to preface all of this by saying that reinvention is not the same thing as endlessly seeking reward or achievement.
There is a difference. Seeking an achievement usually implies an "end." You win the Race and then you're "done." That's not what you want to aim for--because as soon as you say you're "done," you are no longer reaching and stretching yourself, which means you stop growing. Reinvention is what allows you endless opportunities to continue exploring new parts of yourself.
My journey to discovering my beauty inside allowed me to love myself. I removed and am still removing the self-imposed barriers that allow my beautiful light to shine.I changed myself and no longer have the drive to change others.
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