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5 Easy Ways To Know Yourself Today

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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To know who you are, you must face yourself. You must face your fears. You must face your failures. You need to know yourself before you can know others.

Here are 5 easy ways to know yourself today:

You must pay attention to your life.

Pay attention to how you live your life. If you are doing something that is against your values, stay away from it. Socrates said, “Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”

Accept what you don’t know.

It is okay to admit what you don’t know. “It is better to be a fool for a moment than to be a fool forever.” According to Socrates, “One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.”

Learn how to think for yourself.

To know yourself, you must learn to think for yourself. It helps you to connect with yourself. As Socrates once said, “To find yourself, think for yourself.”

Believe in yourself.

If you want to get anything done in your life, you must believe that you can do it. According to William Faulkner, “Others have done it before me. I can, too.”

Live your life.

Live your life to the fullest. You have only one life to live, why not enjoy it? Socrates said many years ago that, “An unexamined life is not worth living.” And Henry James said, “Live all you can- it’s a mistake not to.”

Live your life. Do not try to be who you are not. Be honest with yourself and others. If you can do that, you can deal with yourself.

You Cannot Change Your Past. You Can Change Where You Are Going

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”– Buddha

The reason you are not happy is because you never stop thinking about your past failures. You never stop thinking about your past bad relationships. You never stop thinking about where your friends are now. You are dwelling in the past. You are living in the past, not in the present.

Let us be real here. How are you going to see yourself when your mind is not with you? How can you focus on your life when you are not there? How can you live in the present when your mind is not with you? If you have been doing it, it is time to stop. It is time to start living your life. It is time to forget about yesterday. You are not the only one with a bad yesterday. Don’t think you are the only one suffering. Don’t think you are the only one who is struggling right now. We are all going through things, but they are different.

What you are going through is meant for you to go through. It is designed to make you stronger, not weaker. So take it as what you have to go through to get to the other side of your life. You can’t change your past. You can change where you are going to.

Don’t worry about what you going through right now. You may have lost your job, but it is not the end of your life. You may have messed up your school exam, it is not the end of your road. Whatever you are going through right now is preparing you for what is to come. And a lot of things are coming. So be ready!