Dave’s Musings: Don’t Limit Yourself

What if life is meant to be lived abundantly? And human beings were designed to be healthy and happy? I think this is the truth, not just for some but for every human being on this wonderful planet.

I have been thinking about truth and about what I call “limiting beliefs.” We have all heard the saying, “you shall know the truth and the truth can set you free.” But did you ever stop and think that the things in life that seem to limit one may not be the truth? Like the ideas of “not being good enough” or “smart enough.” It is when we realize that these ideas are not the truth that we are indeed set free.

So, what are other limiting beliefs that are just as untrue? Maybe you have heard people say “I was meant to be poor”, or “people must at times be sick, or sad or angry.” Are these ideas true? I think not!

When we allow ourselves to realize these ideas are just ideas and may not be the truth, we find the door of our self-imposed prison beginning to open and a ray of hope and a fresh wind of inspiration beginning to waft into our former prison cell.

It’s time for us to relinquish the beliefs that we are limited by age, gender, race, social status or sexual orientation. And maybe it’s time we relinquish some religious ideas also… like being “unworthy” and sinful.

For it is these ideas which help to fuel all the other ideas we have about ourselves and others and cause us to live lives imprisoned and unfulfilled. They cause life not to be abundant and to appear anything less than good. But good is just what life is. Life is good!

Now is the time for freedom. Gandhi said that we can “be the change that we want to see in the world.” Now is the time to allow the stillness to speak to you about your freedom. What prison door do you need to allow to open for you? But as you make your list, be sure that each item you mention is a statement that begins with “I” or is a “me” or “my” statement. Don’t focus on other people or outward situations. You can do little to make changes there. But you can make a vast difference in yourself, if you choose.

And you will find that as you do, the outlook will change dramatically and you will begin to see more good everywhere you look.