Simple Strategies for a Glorious Life with Health, Happiness and Strong Relationships!
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
Bring Out Your Full Potential
"If you can dream it, you can do it." - Walt Disney
Your beliefs about yourself are often static and don't seem to evolve much over time. You think you know what you can and what you can't do. These assumptions mainly come from your childhood. Someone made a negative comment about your talent for sports, music or art - and you took it to heart.
"If my teacher says I'm not good at it, why bother trying?" You stopped believing in yourself, in your strengths, skills and abilities. Whatever it was you wanted to do, you never gave it another go. You put the idea out of your mind. But within yourself remained a secret longing for a kind of fulfillment that was denied to you.
We dream of being actors, artists, sports heroes, writers, musicians or film makers. Of course, some people are genetically better endowed to pursue certain dreams. They have natural abilities that others can only wish for, like Cristiano Ronaldo for soccer. But these people have also worked very hard to be where they are, and they had the courage to believe in themselves.
Just because you weren't born to be another Mozart or Van Gogh doesn't mean you should remain where you are, without daring to change and grow and do something new. Just because you're not a genius doesn't mean you can't actualise your creative side and widen your horizon.
Why not look inside and uncover your hidden treasure. Find a pursuit that appeals to you, something that makes your heart leap. Write that short story that you buried deep inside yourself, with the excuse, "It won't get published anyway..." Does it matter? What about personal satisfaction? The ecstatic feeling of completing something with a beginning, a middle and an end? "But I don't have any ideas..."
You won't be inspired until you become involved in something. Ideas will pop into your head while you're jotting down sentences ad lib. It's your freedom of expression. There will be no English teacher behind you scolding you for using slang or bad grammar.
Get an easel, a canvas, paintbrushes and oil paints. Go to a forest, river, park or simply look out your window. Look at the sky. Paint what you feel inside. Allow your emotions to dictate shapes and colors. Be wild and adventurous and don't hold back.
Go to the attic and find that old violin you played as a youngster. Take it out of its case and dust it. Pick up the bow and begin to play. It may sound rusty at first - but what a pleasure to catch up with an old friend you've neglected for so long!
The possibilities are endless, and you will shine if you allow yourself to do so. You have desires that have been laying dormant for years within your heart. Picture yourself taking up this hobby or craft again, and being successful at it in your own eyes. Don't worry about other people. They tend to be a bit jealous when you want to do something different, something rewarding for yourself. They might even attempt to sabotage your efforts at first. But once your passion has taken off, nothing will stop you...
With much love and the knowledge that you can do it - if you can dream it!
Bella
Painting: "Snow Maiden" by Nicholas Roerich, 1947 (Wikipaintings)
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