The most courageous thing a
person can do is to live an authentic life. What is
an authentic life? It is a life lived from your
heart, speaking your truth, standing in your truth, living
in your truth.
The problem with getting to this point of authentic
freedom is that for most of us, we have no idea of who we
really are. To get to know who you really are you
must go deep within. You must be willing to look at
all of your limiting beliefs; beliefs that tell you that
you are bad, you are not worthy, you are not capable, and
you are not enough, just to name a few.
We take limiting beliefs on our whole lives. From
early childhood we learn from our parents, grandparents
and siblings. Their opinions begin to shape and
define us. Then as we grow, our peers and teachers affect
us most. Society also plays a tremendous role in
telling us who we are. It's up to us to know the
truth.
Recently I had some Chinese food. As usual, I went
for the fortune cookie first. That's the little kid inside
of me wanting the sweet stuff first. 'You will get
what you want as long as it is not extravagant.' I
chewed on that fortune for a moment, agreeing with
it. Then the taste of those words grew sour to
me. I realized this was a limiting belief.
"Whoa!" I said to myself. "Is this
the truth for me?"
I knew instantly that I had held myself back my whole
life, especially since my teenage years, from living with
overflowing abundance.
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When I was a
teenager my family was pretty well off. We lived on
Country Club lane on ten acres. We had a beautiful home
and pool, drove nice cars, my dad had his own business and
my mom stayed at home with my sister and me. We had
most everything we could possibly need.
I also did great in school. I graduated
Salutatorian, was president of this and a member of
that. I was the all-around student. However,
and this is a big HOWEVER, I often felt judged for my
abundance. I felt separate from the crowd because I
felt different. What I didn't know until opening
that fortune cookie was that I began to limit myself over
the years with what I allowed myself to have. I had
a limiting belief that if I lived with overflowing
abundance then no one would like me.
Now I realize to truly live with authentic freedom that I
must allow myself to live with overflowing
abundance. I am overflowing abundance. And as
I allow myself to receive this from the universe and
release all limiting beliefs that people won't like me, my
abundance can then overflow to the world around me.
We are all worthy of living fully with overflowing
abundance. If you don't believe this for yourself,
then I ask that you look at your limiting beliefs. This is
just one limiting belief, and, boy, let me tell you, we
all have many.
Limiting beliefs are like a cage locked tight with no
opening in sight. But when you realize that you are
the one who holds the key in releasing these beliefs, only
then can you find freedom. Freedom comes from
within. It comes from getting to know who you really
are, releasing all limiting beliefs. And as you release
your limiting beliefs and stand in your truth, your
example shines a light for the whole world to see. Freedom
will be yours when you give yourself permission to live
authentically.
Terri
Amos is a spiritual coach who tells it like she sees it
and wastes no time helping others clean up the emotional
chaos in their lives. She is also a compassionate
intuitive healer, wife, mom, former Miss USA and
television host, and the author of Message Sent:
Retrieving the Gift of Love. Terri specializes in
relationship healing and improvement, dealing with such
pivotal issues as anger, judgment, frustration and blame.
Her work brings understanding and healing to all
relationships including your family, friendships, the
workplace and most importantly, the relationship you have
with yourself. Visit her website at
terriamoscourse.com.
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To be healthy, wealthy, happy and successful
in any and all areas of your life
you need to be aware that you need to think healthy, wealthy,
and happy and
successful thoughts twenty-four hours a day and cancel all
negative,
destructive, fearful and unhappy thoughts. These two types of
thought cannot
coexist if you want to share in the abundance that surrounds
us all.
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