15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy*
5. Give up your limiting beliefs
“A belief is not an idea held by the mind, it is an idea that holds the mind” - Elly Roselle
I remember hearing the phrase, “If you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.” I was pretty young at the time, maybe 11 or 12, but I remember the moment. Planting an idea like that in a kid’s head is planting a seed in a world of thought awareness.
I did say a seed. After all we plant a seed. We water it. We weed around it. We must take continued care of it in order for it to grow and bear fruit. remember the story of when I started teaching? I had two students; one of whom I thought would never come back. I had an opinion. He proved me wrong. Life has proved me wrong about people enough times that now I don’t let myself be limited in my relationships, or other areas of my life, because of what I believe. Awareness lets us evolve. Once we can acknowledge our thoughts, we can change our thoughts. It is true that there are many stories of people told they would never walk again who in turn decided they believed otherwise and did walk again.
Maybe in order to allow our thoughts to expand, we can start by changing what we believe about someone. Even just allowing ourselves to be open to a new idea will make a difference. Clinging to what we believe is a little like clinging to being right. Between what we believe and what is possible there are no limitations. So get out of your box!
Namaste!
Bianca
This personal blog was written by Bianca Pittoors. You may “share” it in its entirety. I respectfully request that you respect it as the intellectual property that it is. Thank you! All photos by Bianca Pittoors unless noted otherwise.
Bianca Pittoors & Marc Langis are Bianca Basso. Creators of original music with a vintage flavor, they are distinctive in their contemporary style.
*I found this list on a Facebook post but it did not have the author credited. If someone is aware of its originator please let me know.
5. Give up your limiting beliefs
“A belief is not an idea held by the mind, it is an idea that holds the mind” - Elly Roselle
I remember hearing the phrase, “If you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.” I was pretty young at the time, maybe 11 or 12, but I remember the moment. Planting an idea like that in a kid’s head is planting a seed in a world of thought awareness.
I did say a seed. After all we plant a seed. We water it. We weed around it. We must take continued care of it in order for it to grow and bear fruit. remember the story of when I started teaching? I had two students; one of whom I thought would never come back. I had an opinion. He proved me wrong. Life has proved me wrong about people enough times that now I don’t let myself be limited in my relationships, or other areas of my life, because of what I believe. Awareness lets us evolve. Once we can acknowledge our thoughts, we can change our thoughts. It is true that there are many stories of people told they would never walk again who in turn decided they believed otherwise and did walk again.
Maybe in order to allow our thoughts to expand, we can start by changing what we believe about someone. Even just allowing ourselves to be open to a new idea will make a difference. Clinging to what we believe is a little like clinging to being right. Between what we believe and what is possible there are no limitations. So get out of your box!
Namaste!
Bianca
This personal blog was written by Bianca Pittoors. You may “share” it in its entirety. I respectfully request that you respect it as the intellectual property that it is. Thank you! All photos by Bianca Pittoors unless noted otherwise.
Bianca Pittoors & Marc Langis are Bianca Basso. Creators of original music with a vintage flavor, they are distinctive in their contemporary style.
*I found this list on a Facebook post but it did not have the author credited. If someone is aware of its originator please let me know.
