| "If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely | | | | I've never believed what people say. I like to try and |
| acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have | | | | discover things by myself. I like to prove to people |
| it at the beginning."-Mahatma Gandhi | | | | when they are wrong. By the way, I went to an |
| Yesterday I went to the library with my daughter. I | | | | expensive private university and I was graduated. |
| was looking around the bookshelves at self | | | | Have you ever read the Deaf Frog Fable? It would |
| improvement books and I found a book called, | | | | be great if we could act like the deaf frog and ONLY |
| "Happiness Now" by Robert Holden. The title caught | | | | "listen" (and feel) encouraging words and be deaf |
| my eye, since I'm practicing happiness every day of | | | | when people say destructive words about us. But |
| my life. I opened the book and the first paragraph I | | | | unfortunately, because of our limited beliefs we are |
| read says, "In our society, we focus on pain before | | | | conditioned to hear the negative words most. We |
| joy, tears before laughter, and fear before love, so | | | | can identify with these words; we are very used to |
| we gradually grow blind to our inner, ever-present | | | | negative emotions, to suffer! |
| potential for happiness." I agree with Mr. Holden's | | | | As Abraham says, a belief is just a thought you keep |
| words, and I was thinking about them for the rest of | | | | thinking. A belief is a thought you have repeated to |
| the day. | | | | yourself over and over again, until it is established |
| Most of us were raised with limited beliefs. Limited | | | | and then, becomes your truth. Stop thinking limited |
| beliefs go against our desires. We have learned those | | | | thoughts and replace them with encouraging beliefs. |
| beliefs from our families, friends and our environment. | | | | This is your life and you are able to CREATE |
| We've been raised to think we need to work hard to | | | | whatever you want. |
| get what we want, we cannot have a lot of money, | | | | We cannot change our past, but we can change our |
| we are not good enough to do this or that, life is not | | | | present and start to change the beliefs that |
| easy, we need to suffer or pay the price and so on. | | | | contradict our desires. Analyze your beliefs and write |
| And when people tell us we can get everything we | | | | about them. Are they true? Why are people saying |
| want, we can have a wonderful life, we can do it! - | | | | things about you if they don't know you? Why do |
| we think, -you're crazy right!- and just ignore them. | | | | you need to follow people (or ideas) just because |
| Maybe we want to believe but our limited beliefs | | | | they are leaders? Why do people say you cannot do |
| block everything good that can come to us. | | | | something just because they cannot do it? You are |
| I still remember my Dad's words the first day he | | | | the only one who knows what you are capable of. |
| took me to the bus stop to go to the high school, | | | | You are the only one who knows how you feel and |
| "Why do you waste your time studying in high school | | | | what you want. Believe ONLY what is good for you, |
| if you won't go to the university?" | | | | what FEELS good to you, believe in YOU! |
| I'm from a little town in Mexico where people think | | | | We have the freedom to choose our beliefs. Don't |
| (or used to think) that women don't need to study | | | | forget to be responsible when you decide what to |
| because they're supposed to get married and never | | | | believe and respect other people's beliefs. The beliefs |
| practice what they study. I'm still not sure if my Dad | | | | you choose help you to GROW inside and be happy. |
| said that because he was just repeating what other | | | | They help you to be a better person, the person |
| people say, or because he knows me very well and | | | | that you always wanted to be... so start to become |
| he knew that in that way he pushed me to do | | | | that person today! |
| better things. I was a "good" rebel since I was a kid. | | | | |