Strange Thought

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond imagination. It is our light more than our darkness which scares us. We ask ourselves – who are we to be brilliant, beautiful, talented, and fabulous. But honestly, who are you to not be so?

You are a child of God, small games do not work in this world. For those around us to feel peace, it is not example to make ourselves small. We were born to express the glory of god that lives in us. It is not in some of us, it is in all of us. While we allow our light to shine, we unconsciously give permission for others to do the same. When we liberate ourselves from our own fears, simply our presence may liberate others."

- Marianne Williamson in Return to Love: Reflections on a Course in Miracles

I think courage is a state of the mind.

Courage is not related to the amount of wealth directly. I have seen richer people who are very fearful of losing their materialistic lifestyle. They are afraid.

Courage-wise I think it's easier to start doing what you love when you're totally broke and even in debt because you probably don't have much to lose anyway.

This is exactly what I recently discovered about myself.

Lately work has become stressful for me. I thought it's just because I no longer enjoyed the work, but it's because I worry if I get more successful and responsible, I'll stand out more and I'm afraid to be perceived as "more important" than other people.

I realized I'm actively fighting success.

Isn't that a strange thought?

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Keep it up - well done!

Well I have definitely been a negative person for much of my life. But in the past 4 or 5 years I have worked diligently to shift away from being critical, bitter, resentful and otherwise negative.

I have been identifying and shifting my thoughts from negative and fearful to positive and determined. It is working. But there is evidence that I have more work to do.

Focusing on the positive result of change is a great idea. AND -- if there's a pattern that you notice, as you have, like that other people's negative energy is occurring in your life and you suspect you might have some negative energy that is drawing it -- it might be a good idea to examine what you're being when people get all reactive on you. Take a look at the specific way of being you were being when people give you negative feedback, and see how pervasive that is in your life. There may be some beliefs you have that are due for re-examination, and there may be some stuff you have to clean up with people, so that you are opening them up to feeling good about you.

I have met very difficult people in my work. They like to put challenges to whoever that talk to them. They are defensive if you wish to know. I have no problem with others having different views but I do have a problem with others not allowing views that differ from their own. If their view is not immediately adapted then they basically go on the attack.

So i told myself try to stay positive and don't dwell on such scathing negative comments which don't help or any negative things in your life. Shift my focus to something positive as soon as I notice something that might get me down.

Well done, I say to myself.. and keep up the good work!

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Self improvement

When I look back and realise that, indeed, one of the main things that holds me back is that I've always played it safe and conservative because I've been too scared to take risks. Risk averse is my nature. This is something wish Maria Duval can provide me more tips and advices to self improve.

Instead of viewing life experiences as either negative or positive, it really helps to bring them all into balanced thinking. In every negative situation there will be something positive come out of it. In fact all of the 'negative' things I have experienced have made me much stronger and capable. If you think back to anything negative you have experienced you will be able to find something good in it, or that came out of it. It can't not be there. (sorry for the double negative there but even that makes a positive statement!)

In every positive situation there will be a hint of something negative e.g. if things are too easy you don't learn anything or have to take responsibility. You never have to draw deep on your resources and GROW. So what you really want is a balance and to ultimately see the balance in every experience and be grateful for what ever comes your way! Because it is what it is. It's all wonderful experience that helps us grow.

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