Tag: development

If You Can’t Find A Way, Make Your Own Way

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
Photo by Fabian Reitmeier

As the saying goes, “Do not give up, the beginning is always the hardest.” Don’t give up just because it is hard to do. Hard is not impossible.

Philip Sidney said, “Either I will find a way, or I will make one.” Yes, if you can’t find a way forward, make your own way. Follow your own path. Do not give up. You are almost there. You have done it before. This time, with hard work, you can create your own world. You can create your own life. Because no one is going to create your life for you. Commit yourself to your growth and development. Work on yourself. Because if you are not growing, your life is not growing.

We are all growing. We are all learning. Learning is a journey. Because it doesn’t happen overnight. It takes time to learn something new. It takes time to learn about who we really are. And it takes courage to do it. It takes courage to live, to grow, to change, to face our fears.

“If you can see it, if you can feel it, you can change it.”

Everything takes courage to do. As Annie Dillard once said, “You can’t test courage cautiously.” If you want to test your courage, you must get out of your comfort zone. You can’t test your courage in your comfort zone. To do that, you must get out. And to do that, you must start something new. You must change your thoughts. Because if you can change your thoughts, you can change your life. Do it for you. Do it for yourself. No one is going to change your life for you. If you can see it, if you feel it, you can change it. Why not today?

Who Has Conquered Self Has Conquered Universe

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
Machu Pichu, Peru
Photo by Errin Casano

You can conquer yourself. You can change your life. You have what it takes to make things happen. Don’t let anything stop you from changing your life. Focus on love, not hate. Focus on what you can do, not what you cannot do. With love, you can conquer yourself. With love, you can change your life.

Whatever you are going through today, they will disappear. All you need to do is to focus on light, not darkness. James Allen said, “Whatever conditions are rendering your life burdensome, you may pass out of and beyond them by developing and utilizing within you the transforming power of self-purification and self-conquest. Before the divine radiance of a pure heart all darkness vanishes and all clouds melt away, and he who has conquered self has conquered the universe.”

Purify yourself. Self-purification is not easy, but you can do it. Change is good, but it doesn’t happen overnight. No matter what you are going through, you can change it by purifying yourself, by staying away from negative things, by doing the right things, by loving yourself. Do not settle for less. You have the power to transform yourself. Why not do it?