Growing past limiting beliefs

The more I learn - the more I grow - the more I learn the more I realize the less I know.
Life is about growth and change; constant growth and change. The Universe is ever willing and ready to hand us new growth opportunities. It's as if challenges and life experiences are perfectly packaged for our needs.

The entire point of this mortal existence is to grow and become and realize our full God given potential. It's interesting as we grow and change - to look back at our thought processes before we woke up to a new and more profound reality. Sometimes for me - it's as if I'm looking at someone ele's life. Not mine, but instead a floundering young girl - trying to find her way. Isn't it wonderful that we are given an opportunity to grow and change constantly? We can stay stagnant, regress, or progress in life - the choice is ours. But we are given the opportunity to grow and change and become anything that we choose. Nothing stands in our way but ourselves, and our limiting beliefs.

Limiting beliefs are detrimental dragons in life. They hold us back from our full potential. If we allow them to control our lives, they create for us a life that is far less than what we deserve or are capable of. Each time that we push ourselves to do something a little scary that is out of our comfort zone, we are challenging our limiting belief. The positive intention of a limiting belief (on a subconscious level) is to keep us safe.

Limiting beliefs create for us a box that we are required to live with in. Going outside the box creates fear because our belief system tells us that we are not safe.

When I come up against fear because of limiting beliefs, I write down my fears. I write down the pros and cons of moving forward with the decision that has caused me fear. This helps me to be more realistic and identify that my fear is actually a dragon that my subconscious is using to keep me safe.

It's important to identify these beliefs and label them for the reality of what they are - simply a fear that is actually holding us back in life. We can choose to either listen to our fears - or slay a dragon of limiting beliefs. Somes fears of course are valid and keep us safe - like not touching a hot stove, or walking in front of a moving car. These are good fears and should be listened to. Writing down the fear is helpful because it allows us to identify if the fear is actually keeping us physically safe, or if it is an unfounded fear that is holding us back from achieving our full potential. Most fears are holding us back. Our common sense tells us when we are in real physical danger, but our subconscious can make us believe that we need to fear moving forward with certain decisions in life. Simply because the decisions are out of our normal box. Stepping out of our limiting box is called growth and it feels SOOOO good.

I challenge anyone reading this - to take the time to identify your limiting beliefs on paper. Write down the pros and cons of breaking free and moving forward through the fear. You have the tools to slay your dragons. Go forth and do it!