Tag: Hurting

Are You Comfortable In Your Own Skin?

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development
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I say, ‘Be YOU!’ Don’t try to be anything else! You are here for you, not for others. You know what is good for you. You know what you want, what is going on in your life, where you are hurting, what is hurting you, and how you plan to live your life.

The only way you can find happiness in your life is to be you. The second way you can find happiness in your life is to remember to be you. Nothing more, nothing less.

But the world will try to tell you something else. Do not fall for it. Do not do what they want. Do what makes you come alive. Follow your heart. Listen to what God wants you to do. Do not do what people say you should do. Instead, do what God says you should do. Why? Because He is your creator. He knows you better than others.

Because God knows what you want in your life. God knows where you are going. He knows what is going on in your life. He is aware of your struggles. And He has a mesage for you: ‘Do not give up!’

The reason most people are not happy is that they never stop comparing themselves to other people. Do not do what they are doing. Just because other people are doing it doesn’t make it right. It is wrong!

It is wrong because you do not know everything about them. They are presenting to you what they want you to see. What happens to the other side? The side they don’t want you to know: their flaws, mistakes, anger, jealousy, failures. What happens to them?

Before you go into depression, remember this: ‘No one is perfect. Everyone is hiding something.’

As always, you are more, not less!

What Are You Still Holding On To?

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth

‘Holding on is not the same as taking care of what you value or protecting that which is yours.’ – Iyanla Vanzant

To you, what does ‘holding on’ mean? Does it mean taking care of what you have? Does it mean fighting to defend what you already have?

Why do we even hold on to things that we know are not helping us? Why?

Because we don’t want to lose our things. We want what we already to be there, to stay with us. We don’t want to lose them. We love what we have.

Guess what, if you don’t let go, nothing is going to come in. To let go is to let in. If you want to see new things in your life, you must let go of the old ones.

You cannot be in two places at the same time. That is not possible. If you want to be good at what you are doing, you will have to let go of one.

Letting go means freedom. It won’t hurt you. Instead, letting go is a blessing.

Remember why you are here. Your life matters. You are not here to protect what is not worth protecting. You are here to live your life, to be who you are, to do what you love to do.

If you do not want to let go of what is no longer helping you, what you need won’t be able to get to you.

For example, to grow, you must do whatever you can to make it to where you can make your dreams happen. Do not let things hold you back. And do not hold yourself back by holding on to things that have no power to change your life.

The question is, ‘What are you holding on to?’ Whatever it is that you think in your life that you are still holding on to, if it is not helping you, if it is not getting you closer to your dreams, you MUST let it leave your life.

Because you don’t have time to waste. Because you life matters. Because you want to advanve to your next level.

In the words of Iyanla Vanzant, ‘When you can stop holding on, you begin to realize that your blessings cannot be taken away, nor will they go away until the Universe is ready to up the ante.‘ She is right.

You can stop holding on. You can do it when you start small. Do not rush yourself. Because ‘rushing leads to nowhere.’