When we let go of what we believe that we must be, we permit ourselves the room to grow into who we actually are.
In our modern world, we have a tendency as humans to believe that we always must seek to be something more. We must be prettier, funnier, richer and everything else in between. But all of these things that we think that we really have to be stop us from actually expressing who we are deep inside. We continually compare ourselves to others and create fake masks for ourselves so others will like us more. Thing is, after a while, these masks always fall off and people end up seeing us for our true selves no matter what.
It's a lot simpler, and way more fun when you actually do it, to be completely who you are without any apologies.
This isn't to say that you shouldn't target to enhance your life. But if you really are going to go down the journey of personal development and deepening, you have got to truly focus on doing it for yourself. In truth, that truly is the only way that lasting and sustainable change comes to be. When you start to develop for other people or because someone just told you to do it, you don't actually end up believing in what you're doing. Unfortunately, development becomes something that you cross off a list instead of a lifetime journey.
Be grateful for what you have right now and who you are and if you are looking to take an expedition that might change you for the better, then develop for yourself. Develop as you know that it's the honest thing to do and that it will manufacture 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 tendency as humans to believe that we always must seek to be something more. We must be prettier, funnier, richer and everything else in between. But all of these things that we think that we really have to be stop us from actually expressing who we are deep inside. We continually compare ourselves to others and create fake masks for ourselves so others will like us more. Thing is, after a while, these masks always fall off and people end up seeing us for our true selves no matter what.
It's a lot simpler, and way more fun when you actually do it, to be completely who you are without any apologies.
This isn't to say that you shouldn't target to enhance your life. But if you really are going to go down the journey of personal development and deepening, you have got to truly focus on doing it for yourself. In truth, that truly is the only way that lasting and sustainable change comes to be. When you start to develop for other people or because someone just told you to do it, you don't actually end up believing in what you're doing. Unfortunately, development becomes something that you cross off a list instead of a lifetime journey.
Be grateful for what you have right now and who you are and if you are looking to take an expedition that might change you for the better, then develop for yourself. Develop as you know that it's the honest thing to do and that it will manufacture 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.