When we let go of what we think we have to be, we permit ourselves the room to grow into who we actually are.
In our modern world, we have a bias as humans to suspect that we always have to be something more. We have to be prettier, funnier, richer and everything else in between. But all of these things that we believe that we need to be stop us from truly expressing who we are deep down inside. We constantly measure ourselves against others and create false masks for ourselves so others will like us more. Thing is, after a short while, these masks always fall off and people end up seeing us for our true selves anyhow.
It's a whole lot simpler, and much more fun at the end, to be precisely who you are without any apologies.
This isn't to claim that you shouldn't target to healthily improve your life. But if you really are going to go down the path of personal development and deepening, you have got to actually focus on doing it for yourself. In truth, that truly is the only way that viable change comes to be. When you begin developing for people or because someone just told you to do it, you don't really end up believing in what you are actually doing. Instead, development becomes something you cross off a list instead of a lifetime journey.
Be thankful for what you have now and who you are and should you be looking to take an excursion that would change you for the better, then develop for yourself. Develop because you know that it's the right thing to do and that it will manufacture a better future for yourself.
In the end, if we stay true to our own paths and believe in ourselves, we are truly capable of anything.
In our modern world, we have a bias as humans to suspect that we always have to be something more. We have to be prettier, funnier, richer and everything else in between. But all of these things that we believe that we need to be stop us from truly expressing who we are deep down inside. We constantly measure ourselves against others and create false masks for ourselves so others will like us more. Thing is, after a short while, these masks always fall off and people end up seeing us for our true selves anyhow.
It's a whole lot simpler, and much more fun at the end, to be precisely who you are without any apologies.
This isn't to claim that you shouldn't target to healthily improve your life. But if you really are going to go down the path of personal development and deepening, you have got to actually focus on doing it for yourself. In truth, that truly is the only way that viable change comes to be. When you begin developing for people or because someone just told you to do it, you don't really end up believing in what you are actually doing. Instead, development becomes something you cross off a list instead of a lifetime journey.
Be thankful for what you have now and who you are and should you be looking to take an excursion that would change you for the better, then develop for yourself. Develop because you know that it's the right thing to do and that it will manufacture a better future for yourself.
In the end, if we stay true to our own paths and believe in ourselves, we are truly capable of anything.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website dedicated to bringing the best quotes, motivational content on the web, and blogs all to one place. Dive into these gratitude quotes for some serious perspective on what it means to live a life in appreciation.
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