In a small room we convince ourselves that is all we are deserving of. Inside of those four walls, we make ourselves comfortable, and create a world limited to what we have built around us. We look out of the window from time to time, admiring those who built no walls around them. They walk freely, they run freely, they love freely, without any walls stopping their pace.
In our admiration we wonder, “How can I be like them?”– Not realizing the window we are looking out of, is in the room with the four walls WE ourselves have built. We built those walls with our insecurities, our fears, our self-proclaimed inadequacies. We built those walls with lack of faith, external validation seeking, and failed expectations. We built those walls to protect a broken heart, to hide our true selves, and to avoid being defined by society. Brick by brick, higher and higher. And so, we live within our creation. Limited to our four walls.
Fortunately for us, bricks made of insecurities, fears, and all of those other destructive adopted ideas, are weak. They can be punched out and destroyed by believing in ourselves, incorporating faith, and practicing self-love. Every day, punch a brick out. Let the fresh air in and invite the sun to play. One by one, the bricks will fall and soon we will join those walking freely, running freely, and loving freely.
If you want to be successful, there’s literally nothing stopping you aside from the walls you’ve built for yourself.
Nelson Mandela found joy and peace in a jail cell.
Anne Frank found joy and peace in an attic.
Thoreau found joy and peace in an isolated forest.
So many others find joy and peace in the midst of poverty, seclusion, illness, divorce, job loss, bankruptcy, and natural disaster.
So stop blaming where you are on your circumstances. Don’t blame it on other people. Don’t blame it on timing.
Your perspective is up to you. "The trajectory of your life is up to you".
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