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I have some minor health issues that I've slowly been solving over the past few years. I had come to identify with these issues. "I am a man with fatigue and mild anxiety."
Yet, on the contrary, most of the time I have lots of energy. Most of the time I do awesome, athletic shit for a long time and it rarely prevents me from doing anything. Once in a while it'll be a pain in the ass but I still muscle through the pain.
I could be idenfitying as a badass who overcomes his challenges regularly, all the while on the path to total healing, but it hasn't been that way.
More recently I've realized that I have even more limiting beliefs on my identity. Looking back on my life I actually have lived a very cool life. I am very grateful for everything and make a point to understand how lucky I am. The funny thing is I look at myself as a pussy, who shys away from challenges and lacks women in his life.
The reality of things is, I stay true to my OWN path and walk it steadfast against any opposition (and there is opposition), have a very good eye for opportunity and am unafraid to jump into crazy situations like playing the biggest concert of my life with 2 days of preparation and have very attractive women come into my life regularly as a default.
Yet for a long time I have been identifying as the former. I think part of it was trying to be this man that was super smooth and on top of his shit, so any shortcomings were kind of emphasized. This realization that I can be identifying with my badassness came when I realized my faults are okay and normal and instead of trying to cut them off, embrace them as personal challenges that will grow and change as I do.
I must be perfect, cut off the faults
VS
I have faults, grow and improve
This is very similar to the idea of limiting beliefs, but I thinking about it in this way has been very liberating so far.
Take time to accept yourself and rather than berate yourself for shortcomings, embrace your faults and awesomeness and work to improve from a healthy angle.
Cheers,
J Dubs
Yet, on the contrary, most of the time I have lots of energy. Most of the time I do awesome, athletic shit for a long time and it rarely prevents me from doing anything. Once in a while it'll be a pain in the ass but I still muscle through the pain.
I could be idenfitying as a badass who overcomes his challenges regularly, all the while on the path to total healing, but it hasn't been that way.
More recently I've realized that I have even more limiting beliefs on my identity. Looking back on my life I actually have lived a very cool life. I am very grateful for everything and make a point to understand how lucky I am. The funny thing is I look at myself as a pussy, who shys away from challenges and lacks women in his life.
The reality of things is, I stay true to my OWN path and walk it steadfast against any opposition (and there is opposition), have a very good eye for opportunity and am unafraid to jump into crazy situations like playing the biggest concert of my life with 2 days of preparation and have very attractive women come into my life regularly as a default.
Yet for a long time I have been identifying as the former. I think part of it was trying to be this man that was super smooth and on top of his shit, so any shortcomings were kind of emphasized. This realization that I can be identifying with my badassness came when I realized my faults are okay and normal and instead of trying to cut them off, embrace them as personal challenges that will grow and change as I do.
I must be perfect, cut off the faults
VS
I have faults, grow and improve
This is very similar to the idea of limiting beliefs, but I thinking about it in this way has been very liberating so far.
Take time to accept yourself and rather than berate yourself for shortcomings, embrace your faults and awesomeness and work to improve from a healthy angle.
Cheers,
J Dubs
