Saturday, November 20, 2010

Don't Listen To The Negative Noise - Break Out Of Your Past And Become Your Future!



Sometimes the voices inside our heads from our past can create obstacles or current challenges in our present moments. These voices can be discouraging and keep us from trying something new, to reinvent ourselves, or from moving forward in life. These are the voices in our heads that put us in the “box” in how “they see us” fit into the scheme of things. You know…the voices that see us doing this type of work or that type of employment. “That is the “box” you should stay in!” Do you ever hear those noises?

These voices could be friends from when you were in high school, maybe a co-worker, perhaps a sibling, a relative, or even a parent… and these voices keep telling you that “You can’t be successful in that field.” Or “I don’t see you doing that job…why don’t you see if you can be a grocery clerk, a waiter, or something like that instead.”

Now…for the record…I don’t think there is anything wrong with being a grocery clerk, a waiter, a bar tender, etc. I absolutely respect that line of work and the people who provide these invaluable services. But “what if” you wanted to pursue something else outside “That Box” that your friends, family, society, and yes, YOUR HEAD…have created for you to live and work in? What if you wanted to break out of that old box and reinvent yourself?

What if you needed to reinvent yourself because that line of work is becoming outdated? Or maybe you are not making enough money and now you want to challenge yourself and do more with your life. Well, I think sometimes these negative voices inside our heads…can hold us back. This noise that echoes in our heads creates us from trying something new. This noise keeps us from going out of our comfort zone. We are afraid and we don’t want to hear from our peers that we will indeed fail. “You cannot do that line of work.” “Not you.” “Maybe your friend “so and so” can or maybe your sisters can...but not you.”

Well…why the hell not? Why not you? Who made them the chief?

What if we stopped listening to those negative noises and decided to break out of this old box? What if instead… we decided to challenge ourselves, reinvent ourselves, and allow ourselves to become the person that YOU want to become? Seriously...why not you?

For many of us out there right now we might find ourselves going through a difficult time period, perhaps because of the economy, and we need to make changes right now. Well maybe now is the time to break out of that old box and create a new one. Maybe now is the time to stop listening to the past and start listening to the possibilities? Again, why not you? If one person can do it…why can’t you do it?

Seriously… Isn’t that “Other Person”… also… “Just a Person” like you, like me, your neighbor, your friend, your colleague, like all of us? And if he or she can make it happen…why not you?

So if you hear those noises in your head…ignore them! Become the person you want to become not what “they” want you to be and break out of that old box. It’s “your life”.

Break out of your past and become your future!

No one has a monopoly on the human spirit! So don’t let those voices tell you otherwise. Don’t let the noises of your past hold you back from moving forward. Negative Minds Only Offer Negative Solutions!

Keep moving forward!

3 comments:

  1. Another thought... Don't let setbacks defeat you! Turn those challenges into opportunities. Turn those setbacks into fuel to energize yourself to come up with a solution. You can do it! Fall down seven times... Stand up eight!

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  2. Also - Negative minds only offer negative solutions! So don't listen to someone who is not going to offer you constructive advice.

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  3. I read a very profound statement that should be a mantra for all thoses who are on this journey of life. It stated "Where others see obstacles the enlightened mind sees opportunity."

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