Sometimes, I have absolutely no idea what I am going to blog about. I start to think about what people need to hear; current events; how I really don't too much like covering current events; and then, I usually get distracted by something...only to come back and go through the above thinking process all over again.
Today, I realized that is because, at least as a writer (and to be completely honest [more with myself than with you...but that, too] possibly in multiple areas of my life) I still box myself in.
During a healing session yesterday, my client described a situation. After listening to her concerns, I asked her, "Why are you boxing yourself in?"
The reality is...and it is a very sad reality, if I may say so myself...but the reality is that we box ourselves in to save others the trouble. In other words, we place limitations on ourselves because we assume that society will place those same limitations on us.
So, how do we define what our "limits" are. Are limits even real? Are they an illusory concept implanted by our friends and families or, worse still, our fears? The real question is...how do we obliterate them?
Forming Better Habits
One way to push past the limits we have created for ourselves is to form better habits. I am currently reading Og Mandino's "The Greatest Salesman in the World." It states, "In truth, the only difference between those who have failed and those who have succeeded lies in the difference of their habits."
What habits are we currently nurturing? Seek to apply new habits that will help to broaden perspectives. The best way to ensure that our new habits become second-nature is through repetition. I have heard before that it takes a minimum of 21 days for a habit to form. Og Mandino's book seems to be based on a belief that it takes approximately 30 days to secure a new habit. Yet, based on research by Phillippa Lally published in the European Journal of Social Psychology, new habits take an average of 66 days to form.
Got Time?
How much time are we really willing to invest into our growth and development? Kahlil Gibran wrote, "Is not time even as love is, undivided and placeless?"
Last week, I went to a lecture/recruitment for The Art of Living. Their representative said something about people always feeling like they have no time. However, the issue is not that we know not how to manage our time, but that we know not how to manage our energy. Once we take the necessary time to plan and we have healthy energy resources (from food, sleep, meditation and breath) we will find that we can better manage our energy, which will open up doors to miracles that we never even knew existed.
Over time, I have come to notice that once we can shift the limitations and step out of the box we have created for ourselves, it acts as a butterfly effect. One person ignoring preconceived notions that had previously stopped them from being their highest and best good will automatically encourage others to do the same.
Change You...Change the World.
It truly is as simple as that.
Be Peace...Be Love...Be Better
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