Very often we get held back, not because life stops us, but at some level, we stop believing we can do certain things and we hold ourselves back. Talent, resources and opportunities are like petrol, engine and wheels – inert until they are ignited. It will serve us well to reflect on what is clouding our self-belief from sparking off life the way we want it to be.
As humans, one of the greatest gifts we have is to use our intellect and be adaptable in changing circumstances. When we look back, we may well find that there were times when faced with a crisis, we learned how to do things, surprising even ourselves. Just because we have never done something before is no reason to stop believing that we can do it.
Comfort zones, enjoyable as they are in the short term, can sometimes become the biggest stumbling block. Our mind so easily tricks us into believing that we cannot do something because it doesn’t want to leave the luxury of what it has.
As life progresses, our age starts playing on our minds. Of course, we change physically and a few things that were easily done in younger days sometimes need an effort. However, allowing our age to become a limiting factor of belief can rob us of the best of life that may be ahead of us.
We are all influenced and conditioned by people around us. Being constantly told that we may not be good enough to do something is no reason to make it our truth. People’s opinions and external voices should never become more powerful than our inner voice.
No matter how good we are, we can achieve very little without the power of self-belief, and no matter how tough the going may be, we can magically overcome seemingly impossible situations with the power of self- belief.
Self-belief is not a skill or technique to be acquired but is about tapping deep within to unleash the potentiality even we didn’t know exists. We may have lived with shadows of doubt all our life, but it is never too late to start believing in ourselves. If our mind can conceive it, our heart can believe it, we can achieve it.
(Picture – Algonquin Park, Ontario)
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