Free Yourself

A lot of us are going on through life holding and harboring negativity. I believe that it is important for one to understand the severity of how these barriers can not only affect our lives but attack our health as well. Everything in life seems to be connected in one way, shape, or form. When one area of our life is affected, our other areas now become a threat of attack. Which leads me to now begin to stress the importance of freeing yourself. We all want to live a healthy life of abundance. By doing so, we should first try implementing a healthy lifestyle amongst our lives with our day to day interactions. See what you allow to consume your mind, body, and soul. If it is only stunting your growth or causing you to always react negatively, you know that you have some re-evaluating to do. We can only be as free as we allow ourselves to be. Understand that being carriers of not only deadweight or negative energy, but we also allow these things to truly limit us. It’s almost like the old saying, you are who and what you allow to consume you. We form our interactions based on the commonality of what is around us. I challenge you to re-evaluate the things that may be consuming you. Maybe give yourself a break from these consumptions so that you can see if there is any positive or negative association. Images can sometimes be distorted if we are looking at them up close. There comes a time when self-evaluation is needed amongst us all.

The Journey Within

We don’t always get a second chance at life or a second chance to embark upon journeys. It’s extremely imperative that we maximize all the time that we receive in life. I love to live by the quote; “The only journey is the one within”- Rainer Maria Rilke. What this means in short basically is whatever journey you choose to embark upon, you have YOUR own journey to experience personally through personal experiences. Which means that if you fail once at something, or may not perform to your best abilities. When granting the opportunity again, you should remember the lessons and experiences to help guide you down your new journey. I have recently embarked upon a new journey myself by readmitting into school to finish my Bachelor’s of Science in Clinical and Counseling Psychology. The best thing about this experience is being able to do things differently that I may not have done when I first was enrolled in school. It’s almost like being able to redo your past but from a presentence standpoint. We should look at second chances as opportunities to really maximize our life and not waste time. Not everyone is blessed enough to receive second chances so we should possess a level of gratitude when granting this access. It is called the journey within because while going through these journeys of life, we are each finding our true selves within this journey. So not only are we gaining knowledge through experiences, but we also are learning ourselves. The journey within is something that never stops because it takes a lifetime to not only learn ourselves but to also become aware of our own emotions, actions, dreams, and decisions. Any new journey we embark upon can sometimes raise extreme fear or anxiety. However, do remember to never let fear or anxiety keep you from exploring. Take each day with change one step at a time. The only journey is the journey within.