Tag: Self-care

This Is True Freedom

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in BriSights, Health & Well-Being, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Freedom is for all of us. If you say you are free, then you are free. If you say you are not free, then you are not free.

But you can set yourself free. You can free yourself from your past resentments. You can set yourself free from your past failed relationships. You can set yourself free from your past experiences with your boss. You can set yourself free from criticizing yourself. You can set yourself free from your poor performances.

You are the only one who can do it for you. Remember, when I say free, I am not talking about physical freedom. Because that is not freedom. The one that I am talking about is mental freedom.

Because freedom is about your mind, not just about your physical freedom. You can move around. You can do things you love to do. You can make money. You can buy the best things. All that you can have. They are just things, not freedom.

‘You are free when your mind is free, when your thoughts are clean.’

But if you are not mentally free, if you are not free to think your thoughts, the right thoughts, you are not free.

You are free when you are in charge of your life. You are free when you are doing what you love to do. You are free when you are in charge of your thoughts. You are free when you can eat what you love to eat.

You are free when you know when to walk away from a toxic relationship. You are free when you love yourself enough to stop negative influences from taking over your life. You are free when you don’t take yourself too seriously. You are free when you are living your life the way you want to live it.

You are free when you know what is good for you, when you know what is not good for you. You are free when you know when to say enough is enough. You are free when you are comfortable with yourself, no matter what is going on in your life.

You are free when you put other people first, when you treat other people as human beings, not as others. You are free when you take care of yourself. Above all, you are free when you permit yourself to do great things, when you have the courage to say, ‘I love who I am becoming.’

The question is, ‘Are you truly free?’

Why You Should Never Joke With The Love You Have For Yourself

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth

Self-love is what you need. You don’t need love from anywhere. If you do not love yourself, if you do not take care of your life, of your work, of those who are for you, then don’t expect to get it from anywhere.

People are not selfish. They are just doing their own things. They are taking care of their own things, their own lives.

So if you want other people to even see you as a human being, you must first do it for yourself. You must respect who you are, no matter what. You must stop beating yourself up for nothing.

You must learn to be there for yourself when no one cares, when people are not nice to you.

Do not worry about what is not worth your time. Create space for yourself. Make time to love, to play with yourself. Stop doing too much. Productivity is not about doing too much. It is about loving what you do. It is about spending your time wisely.

It is about doing more with less. It is about spending time with quality people. It is about doing quality work with quality people.

If you are really serious about taking care of your life, then you must be comfortable with yourself.

The question is, ‘How comfortable are you with yourself?’