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Some advice given are Scriptural, some are not -
nevertheless good food for thought. Take your pick depending on your
inclination.
Here is a list of 15 things, which, if you give up on them, will make your life
a lot easier and you'll feel much, much happier. We hold on to so many things
that cause us a great deal of pain, stress and suffering and instead of letting
them all go and allowing ourselves to be stress-free and happy, we cling on to
them.
Well, not any more. Starting today, we will give up on all those things that no
longer serve us, and we will embrace change. Ready? Here we go!
1. Give up your need to always be right.
There are so many of us who can't stand the idea of being wrong wanting to
always be right even at the risk of ending great relationships or causing a
great deal of stress and pain for us and for others. It's just not worth it.
Whenever you feel the 'urgent' need to jump into a fight over who is right and
who is wrong, ask yourself this question from Dr. Wayne Dyer: 'Would I rather
be right, or would I rather be kind?' What difference will that make? Is your
ego really that big?
2. Give up your need for control.
Be willing to give up your need to always control everything that happens to
you and around you situations, events, people, etc. Whether they are loved
ones, co-workers, or just strangers you meet on the street just allow them to
be. Allow everything and everyone to be just as they are and you will see how
much better will that make you feel.
'By letting it go, it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go.
But when you try and try. The world is beyond winning.' Lao Tzu
3. Give up on blame.
Give up on your need to blame others for what you have or don't have, for what
you feel or don't feel. Stop giving your powers away and start taking
responsibility for your life.
4. Give up your self-defeating self-talk.
Oh my. How many people are hurting themselves because of their negative,
polluted and repetitive self-defeating mindset? Don't believe everything that
your mind is telling you especially if it's negative and self-defeating. You
are better than that.
'The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it
becomes very destructive.' Eckhart Tolle
5. Give up your limiting beliefs about what you can or cannot do, about what is
possible or impossible.
>From now on, you are no longer going to allow your limiting beliefs to keep
>you stuck in the wrong place. Spread your wings and fly!
'A belief is not an idea held by the mind, it is an idea that holds the mind.'
Elly Roselle
6. Give up complaining.
Give up your constant need to complain about those many, many, many things
people, situations and events that make you unhappy, sad and depressed. Nobody
can make you unhappy, no situation can make you sad or miserable unless you
allow it to. It's not the situation that triggers those feelings in you, but
how you choose to look at it. Never underestimate the power of positive
thinking.
7. Give up the luxury of criticism.
Give up your need to criticize things, events or people that are different than
you. We are all different, yet we are all the same. We all want to be happy, we
all want to love and be loved and we all want to be understood. We all want
something, and something is wished by us all.
8. Give up your need to impress others.
Stop trying so hard to be something that you're not just to make others like
you. It doesn't work this way. The moment you stop trying so hard to be
something that you're not, the moment you take of all your masks, the moment
you accept and embrace the real you, you will find people will be drawn to you,
effortlessly.
9. Give up your resistance to change.
Change is good. Change will help you move from A to B. Change will help you
make improvements in your life and also the lives of those around you. Follow
your bliss, embrace change don't resist it.
'Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were
only walls.' Joseph Campbell
10. Give up labels.
Stop labeling the things, people or events that you don't understand as being
weird or different and try opening your mind, little by little. Minds only work
when open.
'The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know
anything about.' Dr. Wayne Dyer
11. Give up on your fears.
Fear is just an illusion, it doesn't exist you created it. It's all in your
mind. Correct the inside and the outside will fall into place.
'The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.' Franklin D. Roosevelt
12. Give up your excuses.
A lot of times we limit ourselves because of the many excuses we use. Instead
of growing and working on improving ourselves and our lives, we get stuck and
lie to ourselves, using all kind of excuses, excuses that 99.9% of the time,
are not even real.
13. Give up the past.
I know, I know. This one's hard. Especially when the past looks so much better
than the present and the future looks so frightening. But, you have to take
into consideration the fact that the present moment is all you have and all you
will ever have. The past you are now longing for the past that you are now
dreaming about was ignored by you when it was present. Stop deluding yourself.
Be present in everything you do and enjoy life. After all, life is a journey
not a destination. Have a clear vision for the future, prepare yourself, but
always be present in the now.
14. Give up attachment.
This is a concept that, for most of us, is so hard to grasp and I have to tell
you that it was for me too (it still is), but it's not impossible. You get
better and better at it with time and practice. The moment you detach yourself
from all things (and that doesn't mean you give up your love for them because
love and attachment have nothing to do with one another. Attachment comes from
a place of fear, while love well, real love is pure, kind, and selfless; where
there is love there can't be fear, and because of that, attachment and love
cannot co-exist) you become so peaceful, so tolerant, so kind, and so serene.
You will get to a place where you will be able to understand all things without
even trying. A state beyond words.
15. Give up living your life to other people's expectations.
Way too many people are living a life that is not theirs to live. They live
their lives according to what others think is best for them; they live their
lives according to what their parents think is best for them; to what their
friends, their enemies and their teachers, their government and the media think
is best for them. They ignore their inner voice, that inner calling. They are
so busy with pleasing everybody, with living up to other people's expectations,
that they lose control over their lives. They forget what makes them happy,
what they want, what they need and eventually, they forget about themselves.
You have one life this one right now you must live it, own it, and especially
don't let other people's opinions distract you from your path.
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