Many good people get so bogged down with the challenges of this world that they do not feel the freedom to enjoy the journey we call life. It also affects the other folks in your life in a negative way!
Because of that we try to change our situation. We change our relationship or our job or our school or even the way we look. Perhaps there are times when some of those changes may be necessary but...
True freedom doesn’t come in the future, from a situation, or “from” anything at all, but is available to us now!
Some things to consider if you and I really want freedom to enjoy the journey.
Don’t take it personally.
Nothing anybody says or does to you has anything to do with you. Each person’s opinion is solely the product of their own life and reality. It’s hard to imagine this. It’s way easier to get offended, mad, or pissed off or to internalize and believe what they said. Rather than getting consumed by it, obsessed over it and letting it affect you, just let it go. Hear what they say, accept that it is a reflection of their world and poof. Move on.
This is also true when someone is giving you advice. Have you ever shared your biggest dream? The responses can be all over the map. One person may say, “Good luck with that, maybe you should come back to earth” while another may be all about it, “YES! Go for it!”
Does that mean the first person doesn’t believe in you? Absolutely not. It means they may not believe in themselves. In other words, it is hard for that person to imagine your dream in his own realm of possibility.
When someone says something to you, whether it be an insult, piece of advice, or anything at all, ---only you can know what is true or not. By taking another person’s opinion of yourself to heart and choosing to believe it, you could be doing yourself a huge injustice.
Don’t be a victim.
It’s easy to think that the world is against you. Have you ever had one of those days where everything goes wrong? It happens to me often. There are things in our control and out of our control. You can’t control the world around you, but you can control how you react to things. Don’t fall into the downward spiral of the victim trap.
Embrace each and every thing that happens as an opportunity.
Often we need to slow down, and come back to the present before life zips by.
Accept situations as opportunities, and remember that there is a purpose and a greater good to each. Look for the lesson rather than getting stuck in victim mode.
Be gentle, kind, and compassionate with yourself.
You thought I was going to say to others, right?
We should be kind to others but we also need to have an awareness behind our thoughts, and acknowledge what we say about ourselves. Are your thoughts kind? Or are you your own worst critic? When you look in the mirror, do you see beauty or do you pick yourself apart?
Imagine having a little person on your shoulder telling you horrible things about yourself all day long. Sounds awful, doesn’t it? How do you think that would affect your life? Well, that is what we’re doing to ourselves if we stay in a place of constant negative self talk.
Work on shifting your thoughts to ones that are more loving and kind. Every time you think something negative about yourself, replace it with a positive. Eventually you will start believing them. Doing so allows you to have the freedom to just be you. For as he thinks within himself, so he is. Proverbs 23:7 NAS
Practice the F word
The powerful F word. Forgiveness isn’t about saying that whatever happened was okay, right, or just, but about letting it go. Forgiving is releasing the power that a certain event has on you. By not forgiving you are keeping your mind in the past, thinking and wishing that things could have been different. This traps you and makes you feel powerless.
Forgiveness puts you back into the present—the only time that truly exists—where you have the power to live free and happy.
What do your thoughts look like? Allow your mind’s grip to release so freedom and joy can flow in.
Get free you you can enjoy your journey!
It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don't use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that's how freedom grows.
Galations 5:13 The Message
Because of that we try to change our situation. We change our relationship or our job or our school or even the way we look. Perhaps there are times when some of those changes may be necessary but...
True freedom doesn’t come in the future, from a situation, or “from” anything at all, but is available to us now!
Some things to consider if you and I really want freedom to enjoy the journey.
Don’t take it personally.
Nothing anybody says or does to you has anything to do with you. Each person’s opinion is solely the product of their own life and reality. It’s hard to imagine this. It’s way easier to get offended, mad, or pissed off or to internalize and believe what they said. Rather than getting consumed by it, obsessed over it and letting it affect you, just let it go. Hear what they say, accept that it is a reflection of their world and poof. Move on.
This is also true when someone is giving you advice. Have you ever shared your biggest dream? The responses can be all over the map. One person may say, “Good luck with that, maybe you should come back to earth” while another may be all about it, “YES! Go for it!”
Does that mean the first person doesn’t believe in you? Absolutely not. It means they may not believe in themselves. In other words, it is hard for that person to imagine your dream in his own realm of possibility.
When someone says something to you, whether it be an insult, piece of advice, or anything at all, ---only you can know what is true or not. By taking another person’s opinion of yourself to heart and choosing to believe it, you could be doing yourself a huge injustice.
Don’t be a victim.
It’s easy to think that the world is against you. Have you ever had one of those days where everything goes wrong? It happens to me often. There are things in our control and out of our control. You can’t control the world around you, but you can control how you react to things. Don’t fall into the downward spiral of the victim trap.
Embrace each and every thing that happens as an opportunity.
Often we need to slow down, and come back to the present before life zips by.
Accept situations as opportunities, and remember that there is a purpose and a greater good to each. Look for the lesson rather than getting stuck in victim mode.
Be gentle, kind, and compassionate with yourself.
You thought I was going to say to others, right?
We should be kind to others but we also need to have an awareness behind our thoughts, and acknowledge what we say about ourselves. Are your thoughts kind? Or are you your own worst critic? When you look in the mirror, do you see beauty or do you pick yourself apart?
Imagine having a little person on your shoulder telling you horrible things about yourself all day long. Sounds awful, doesn’t it? How do you think that would affect your life? Well, that is what we’re doing to ourselves if we stay in a place of constant negative self talk.
Work on shifting your thoughts to ones that are more loving and kind. Every time you think something negative about yourself, replace it with a positive. Eventually you will start believing them. Doing so allows you to have the freedom to just be you. For as he thinks within himself, so he is. Proverbs 23:7 NAS
Practice the F word
The powerful F word. Forgiveness isn’t about saying that whatever happened was okay, right, or just, but about letting it go. Forgiving is releasing the power that a certain event has on you. By not forgiving you are keeping your mind in the past, thinking and wishing that things could have been different. This traps you and makes you feel powerless.
Forgiveness puts you back into the present—the only time that truly exists—where you have the power to live free and happy.
What do your thoughts look like? Allow your mind’s grip to release so freedom and joy can flow in.
Get free you you can enjoy your journey!
It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don't use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that's how freedom grows.
Galations 5:13 The Message
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