The first line in a popular song by En Vogue goes: Free Your Mind and the rest will follow. How true that statement is. The Olympics, Paralympics and life experiences of many regular people attest to that. It really up to us and our outlook on life that determines our happiness and success.
Most of us start out enjoying our lives. As children, we have great hopes and dreams. It does not take a great deal to make us happy. We do not analyze our circumstances or our backgrounds. We believe we can be, do and have anything. So we develop huge dreams.
As we grow up, however, something happens. We start to notice that things are different for some people. Some are wealthy. Some are not. Some are prosperous, some are not. Some are famous, others are unknown. Many have social status and political power, most are hard-working ordinary citizens.
So, we look at our circumstances and decide that because of our circumstances, we can not make a change or become a success. We may envy people who appear to have it better and come to resent them. Or, we may blame society, or the environment or many things outside ourselves. It is precisely those thoughts cause us to feel powerless and criticize ourselves!
I say this is not necessary. Everybody has the power to change her or his circumstances. It is not necessary to be dragged around by other people or the by the environment. There is no need to be envious of another or even bear a grudge. It is within our own power to take our lives in any direction we wish
Each person’s life is full of unlimited possibilities. It is possible to free your mind from the scaffolding that holds you back from reaching your potential. The mind itself has no limit. It is people who limit what they think they can do, be or have.
It is said that if you can think it, you can do it or develop or achieve it. Human beings have the power to grow, to achieve the impossible against all odds. We all know stories of people who have come out of the direst of circumstances to become great or famous or successful.
Anyone has the power to do the same thing. Everyone has the power to train his mind, to grow, to expand. Nothing you can think of is impossible to attain. It is proven every day. Some new invention always appears. The ipod came out of someone’s mind. The mini-cam came out of someone’s mind. Video game technology and special effects graphics came from someone’s mind.
True, some people may be geniuses; however, I believe we all have genius inside of us. We can develop the power to release the lesser beliefs we have about ourselves that we learned growing up and develop our greater self. As entrepreneurs and business owners, student, teachers, artists, scientists, whoever we are; we can consciously grow our minds and change our circumstances. We need constant growth and achievement to make us happy and we can have it.
However, some people get deterred, or worse yet, defeated by life’s adversity or hardship. That is because it is much easier to give in than to persevere against all the obstacles. That is their downfall. Yet, it is in the perseverance, the development of wisdom, the spirit to never give up and the constant effort, that a person becomes strong in mind and realizes that nothing can or will hold him or her back. Many people do it every day. Why not you?
Angela Baden is a WAHGM, former teacher, airlines reservations agent, legislative aide, personal chef and lawyer, turned internet marketing professional. Email angelabaden1@yahoo.com or 888-862-4265
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I agree,our own minds draw the thickest borders. That, more than anything holds us back.