When we let go of what we believe that 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 people to think that we always need to be something more. We have got to be prettier, funnier, richer and everything else in between. But all of these things that we believe that we have to be stop us from actually expressing who we are deep inside. We continually evaluate 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 no matter what.
It's a lot easier, and way more fun at the end, to be precisely who you are without any apologies.
This isn't to claim 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've got to actually focus on doing it for yourself. In truth, that really is the only way that lasting and sustainable change happens. When you begin developing for other people or because someone just told you to do it, you don't actually end up believing in what you are actually doing. Unfortunately, development becomes something that you cross off a list a lifetime journey.
Be incredibly thankful for what you have right now and who you are and if you happen to be looking to take an expedition 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 make 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 think that we always need to be something more. We have got to be prettier, funnier, richer and everything else in between. But all of these things that we believe that we have to be stop us from actually expressing who we are deep inside. We continually evaluate 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 no matter what.
It's a lot easier, and way more fun at the end, to be precisely who you are without any apologies.
This isn't to claim 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've got to actually focus on doing it for yourself. In truth, that really is the only way that lasting and sustainable change happens. When you begin developing for other people or because someone just told you to do it, you don't actually end up believing in what you are actually doing. Unfortunately, development becomes something that you cross off a list a lifetime journey.
Be incredibly thankful for what you have right now and who you are and if you happen to be looking to take an expedition 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 make 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.
