When we let go of what we believe we must be, we allow ourselves the room to grow into who we actually are.
In our modern world, we have a bias as people to believe that we always must seek to be something more. We must be prettier, funnier, richer and everything else in between. But all of these things that we think that we really have to be stop us from really expressing who we are deep down. We consistently evaluate ourselves against others and create fake masks for ourselves so friends and family will like us more. Thing is, after a bit, these masks always fall off and people end up seeing us for our true selves anyhow.
It's a ton simpler, and much more fun when you actually do it, to be precisely who you are without any apologies.
This isn't to say that you shouldn't aim to enhance your life. But if you're going to go down the journey of personal development and deepening, you have got to truly focus on doing it for yourself. In truth, that really is the only way that sustainable change occurs. When you start developing for people other than yourself or because someone just told you to do it, you don't really end up believing in what you are doing. Unfortunately, development becomes something that you finally cross off a list instead of a lifetime journey.
Be grateful for what you have now and who you are and if you happen to be looking to take a journey that could change you for the better, then develop for yourself. Develop because deep down you know that it's the right thing to do and that it will create 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 people to believe that we always must seek to be something more. We must be prettier, funnier, richer and everything else in between. But all of these things that we think that we really have to be stop us from really expressing who we are deep down. We consistently evaluate ourselves against others and create fake masks for ourselves so friends and family will like us more. Thing is, after a bit, these masks always fall off and people end up seeing us for our true selves anyhow.
It's a ton simpler, and much more fun when you actually do it, to be precisely who you are without any apologies.
This isn't to say that you shouldn't aim to enhance your life. But if you're going to go down the journey of personal development and deepening, you have got to truly focus on doing it for yourself. In truth, that really is the only way that sustainable change occurs. When you start developing for people other than yourself or because someone just told you to do it, you don't really end up believing in what you are doing. Unfortunately, development becomes something that you finally cross off a list instead of a lifetime journey.
Be grateful for what you have now and who you are and if you happen to be looking to take a journey that could change you for the better, then develop for yourself. Develop because deep down you know that it's the right thing to do and that it will create 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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