Tag: Control

You Cannot Run Away From Yourself

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
Photo by Dom Gould

What are you trying to do? Are you trying to run away from you, from yourself? It won’t work. Because wherever you go, you are there.

Niel Postman said “There is no escaping from ourselves.” Whether you are smart, whether you are not smart, whether you are poor, whether you are rich, whether you are educated, whether you are uneducated, whether you are tall, whether you are short, you are you for a reason. Do not try to run away from yourself.

It is time to make yourself happy, to be there for yourself, to do things for you. It is time. And it depends on you. It depends on what you want for yourself.

The only person who cannot run away from you is you. So why try? Forget about it. It only makes you miserable. Intead of trying to be who you are not, why not embrace yourself, why not love yourself, why not love your flaws, your mistakes, your disappointments? Why not?

Why not? Why not abandon those negative thoughts in your head? If you want peace, think peaceful thoughts. If you want healing, then think compassionate thoughts. If you want happiness, then think happy thoughts. Stay away from toxins. Toxic people. Toxic work. Toxic self. Stay away.

Stay away from toxins. But do not stay away from yourself. Because you need you to become the real you. Do not worry about what you cannot control. Do not worry about losing control. Do not worry about other people’s issues.

Be there for others. Be there for yourself. When you are faced with a problem, believe in yourself. Do not wait for anyone to fix your problem for you. If you fix it yourself, then you are on your way to where you want to be. And where is that?

You Have Total Control Over Your Thoughts. Here Is How To Use Them Wisely

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Personal Development, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Success
Photo by Andrea Piaquacdio

According to James Allen, “There are no accidents in your life. Both its harmonies and antagonisms are the responsive echoes of your thoughts.” “You are the thinker of your thoughts.” We get in life what we think about. The key to a better life is to think good thoughts. It is embracing our problems with positive thoughts. There is nothing you cannot do if you have positive thoughts in your mind. There is no door that you cannot open if you have courageous thoughts in your heart.

We attract happiness into our lives when we use the power of positive thoughts to solve all our problems. Believe me, positive thoughts are better than negative thoughts. I know, you can’t live your life without thinking about negative things. Remember, life is more than you. Do not beat yourself up for what you can’t control. Don’t think negatively about what you can’t control. You can think about anything, but not about what you can’t control. The only thing you can do about what you can’t control is to accept the fact that you can’t control it. When you accept it, it frees you. The faster, the better.