'We are not prisoners of our past, but pioneers of our future.' Every time i think about this phrase, it makes me think, generally about life. Most of the times when we think about our past and we get to realise that the thoughts are unpleasant we tend to make our minds forget about the past. There and then we start thinking of our present times. We also realise that it may also not be exactly be what we would want it to be like because the difference between the past and the present is utterly minute.
All this unpleasant thought draw us back into our own corners, the corners which according to us is quite comfortable. This is the place I refer to as our comfort zones where at least our minds will not have to face the truth .There are times we even dread talking to someone about our problems in the fear that the next minute we might be the laughing stock of the society. We sit back in our comfort zones and drown ourselves in self-pity. Worse we even fear talking to our own creator because according to us He is the first person that we blame our problems on.
Its like running a race but in the process we fall down in a ditch. We look at our counterparts and see them soldering on. We get to compare ourselves to them and this greatly discourages us . We then choose to stay inside the ditch. We think it's much better being inside there than stand up and letting the whole world see us standing up from the ditch and letting them know that at one point in our lives we fell down.
Our own perception about our own life situations does not make us realise that failures at one point in our lives offer lessons on what failed to work.
Why can't we choose to change our attitude? Why can't we choose to be pertinacious? When a hurdle comes on our way to victory we can choose to face it head-on. Even if it hurts,we should not shun crying, get a good cry, embrace resilience and bounce back to life then solder on. After all, can't we realise that this hurdles inculcate the virtue of endurance in our lives? No one is ever considered a victor until he goes through the battle field. There after we can be assured of a better future.
'We are not prisoner of the past but pioneers of the future'
But yet again, we have to realise that our future is now. Our past is gone and our future is beginning.Not unless we choose to change our mindset about our lives and do something about them, we will still dwell inside our comfort zones. Being in the comfort zones means shrinking ourselves and our potentials. Not unless we apply a positive force on them they will always remain untapped.
The ball is in your court, choose to dribble it or step on it and fold your hands.
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All this unpleasant thought draw us back into our own corners, the corners which according to us is quite comfortable. This is the place I refer to as our comfort zones where at least our minds will not have to face the truth .There are times we even dread talking to someone about our problems in the fear that the next minute we might be the laughing stock of the society. We sit back in our comfort zones and drown ourselves in self-pity. Worse we even fear talking to our own creator because according to us He is the first person that we blame our problems on.
Its like running a race but in the process we fall down in a ditch. We look at our counterparts and see them soldering on. We get to compare ourselves to them and this greatly discourages us . We then choose to stay inside the ditch. We think it's much better being inside there than stand up and letting the whole world see us standing up from the ditch and letting them know that at one point in our lives we fell down.
Our own perception about our own life situations does not make us realise that failures at one point in our lives offer lessons on what failed to work.
Why can't we choose to change our attitude? Why can't we choose to be pertinacious? When a hurdle comes on our way to victory we can choose to face it head-on. Even if it hurts,we should not shun crying, get a good cry, embrace resilience and bounce back to life then solder on. After all, can't we realise that this hurdles inculcate the virtue of endurance in our lives? No one is ever considered a victor until he goes through the battle field. There after we can be assured of a better future.
'We are not prisoner of the past but pioneers of the future'
But yet again, we have to realise that our future is now. Our past is gone and our future is beginning.Not unless we choose to change our mindset about our lives and do something about them, we will still dwell inside our comfort zones. Being in the comfort zones means shrinking ourselves and our potentials. Not unless we apply a positive force on them they will always remain untapped.
The ball is in your court, choose to dribble it or step on it and fold your hands.
