Tag: Freedom

4 Spiritual Ways To Personal Freedom

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth

Freedom is not when you are free to walk around. Freedom is more than that. Freedom is about how you feel about your inner life.

It is about peace, inner peace. It is about love, inner love. It is about happiness, unconditional happiness. It is about respect, self-respect. Freedom is about joy.

Just because you walking around, going to places, that doesn’t mean you are free.

You are free when you are comfortable with yourself; you are free when you know who you are; you are free when you are not afraid to go for what you want; you are free when you are not scared to stand up for yourself; you are free when you love yourself; you are free when you know what you want; you are free when you know what you do not want; you are free when you have the courage to face what you do not know; you are free when you are just you, when you don’t seek other people’s permission to live your life, to do what you love; you are free when you have the power to make your own choice.

Since we are still talking about freedom, to be really free, you MUST, according to Iyanla Vanzant, ‘Know yourself! See yourself! Accept yourself! Be yourself!

The question is, ‘Do you know who you really are? Do you know yourself? Do you see yourself? Do you appreciate who you are as a human being, not as a working being? Do you accept yourself for who you are, not for what you have? Are you comfortable with yourself? How do you feel when you are with yourself?

To quote Iyanla, ‘No matter what you may be faced with in life, know your Self! No matter what someone may do to you or against you, see your Self! No matter how many times you try and fail, or fail to try, accept your Self! No matter whose company you are in or what they have the ability to give to you or take away from you, be your Self!’

Because you matter. Because you do not need other people’s permission to do what you are capable of doing. Remember, the only person you can rely on is yourself.

The question is, ‘Do you have the courage to rely on yourself?

The Power Of Honesty: Own Your Story

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth, Recruit The Best

‘If you cannot tell the truth about yourself, you cannot tell it about other people.’- Virginia Woolf

Be honest with yourself. Tell the truth. No matter where you are, what is going on, if you want to experience peace in your life, you must be honest with yourself.

Do not deceive yourself. Don’t make things up. Tell the world about yourself.

Do not be scared to talk about yourself. If you do not do it, someone else will do it for you.

Do not let that happen. Because you are enough. Because you have what it takes to tell your own story. You are strong enough, smart enough, to write your own story.

If you are not writing your own story, someone else is writing it.

If you want to read the correct story about yourself, you must write it yourself. You must own your story.

That is what honesty is. Honesty is when you have the courage to accept your life, when you are NOT scared to talk about your mistakes, your failures, your successes, and your dreams.

Tell it. Say something about yourself. You know who you are, what you have done, what you are doing, and where you want to be. We don’t know what you are thinking, but you know what you are thinking right now.

We don’t know what you are planning to do next, but you know where you are going. We do not know what you have done in the past, but you know what you have done in the past, and where you have been. You know everything about your life.

When you are comfortable with yourself, when you are comfortable with your mistakes your failures, they can’t control you anymore.

That is one of the benefits of being honest with yourself, with others. When you are honest with yourself, you are free. Honesty means freedom.

Because you do not have anything to hide. You are free. You are free because you are not afraid to talk about your life.

You are comfortable with yourself, no matter where you are. That is what people want. People want to deal with real people, people who have nothing to hide.

When you are who you are, no one can control you. Because you do not have anything to hide.

The question is, ‘Are you living your life?’