Today's
quotation:
The
one person who most blocks you from a full, happy,
and
successful life is you. They are therefore wise who
make themselves an asset. We can be our own worst
enemies
or best friends. We can be a source of trouble or a cure
for
trouble. So if you feel empty, as many do, start by
getting free from yourself as a first stop to vibrant
living.
Norman
Vincent Peale
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Today's
Meditation:
In
a very real way, I would love to be free from
myself. I do limit myself through my fears, my
wants, and my beliefs. I keep myself sometimes in
negative situations when I don't allow myself to think
past my fear or my worries, or when I feel that something
may go wrong and I may get blamed for it. I
sometimes act as my own worst enemy when I focus on lack
and need rather than on abundance and prosperity, and
sometimes I even bring other people down because of my own
fears.
It
doesn't have to be that way, though. I can live a
full and vibrant life if I allow myself to do so, if I
allow myself to be my own friend and bring cures for
troubles into my own life. I don't have to
"fix" myself, but I would help myself a great
deal if I were to focus on the positive things in my life,
and focus on making my life full, happy and successful
rather than focusing on the limitations that I've carried
around with me for oh, so long.
Who
am I to me? Am I a helpful person, giving myself
plenty of opportunity to lead a full and happy life, or do
I hold myself back through my own actions, keeping myself
from "vibrant living"? It can be a very
difficult step to recognize this tendency in ourselves,
and an even more difficult step to admit it and accept it,
but there is no more necessary step for most of us if we
want to live happy and fulfilling lives. I want to
be my own best friend in that I never want to keep myself
from being happy, in any way at all. And only I can
make sure that I stay out of my own way, and make myself
one of the greatest assets of my own life.
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