Well,
not anymore. 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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