If you have been reading my posts you know that I am reading, studying, and applying the truths found in Beyond Positive Thinking by Dr. Robert Anthony. In chapter two he writes about the importance of understanding who you are. Here are a few of Dr. Anthony’s words and my thoughts.
“We literally act out the kind of person that we think that we are.” Think about it. If you think you are a failure, you probably will be. If you think you are fat, you probably will be. If you think that money is short, it probably will be. We create what we think. What we believe about ourselves, our world, and others is what we experience.
“We experience in life what we’re deeply convinced is so.” If your thought patterns say, “I can’t be, do, or have what I want; I don’t deserve this or that; I’m a bad person,” that will become your reality. We must be convinced that we can be, do, or have anything we want, really convinced.
“You’ll always be a failure in someone’s eyes.” No matter how hard you try, someone is going to say it’s not good enough and you’re not okay. You will never win the approval of everyone. Remember that what you do may succeed or fail, but YOU yourself are not a failure. Sure we all have things in our lives that we regret, but we must learn to move on. “We have to learn the lesson and throw away the experience.”
Dr. Anthony tells the story of great teacher who lived 700 years ago. As he lay dying his students asked if he was afraid to die. “Yes,” he replied, “I am afraid to meet my maker.” They were shocked, “How can that be? You have lived such a great life. You led us out of the wilderness like Moses. You have judged between us wisely like Solomon.” Softly he replied, “When I meet God, He will not ask, ‘Have you been like Moses or Solomon?’ He will ask, ‘Have you been yourself?’ Throughout time, people have struggled to be themselves.
You have been created in a marvelous, perfect way. It is not others that you need to please.
A few years ago the U.S. Army had a great slogan, “Be all that you can be.” Have you given life your best? That is the true test.
“We literally act out the kind of person that we think that we are.” Think about it. If you think you are a failure, you probably will be. If you think you are fat, you probably will be. If you think that money is short, it probably will be. We create what we think. What we believe about ourselves, our world, and others is what we experience.
“We experience in life what we’re deeply convinced is so.” If your thought patterns say, “I can’t be, do, or have what I want; I don’t deserve this or that; I’m a bad person,” that will become your reality. We must be convinced that we can be, do, or have anything we want, really convinced.
“You’ll always be a failure in someone’s eyes.” No matter how hard you try, someone is going to say it’s not good enough and you’re not okay. You will never win the approval of everyone. Remember that what you do may succeed or fail, but YOU yourself are not a failure. Sure we all have things in our lives that we regret, but we must learn to move on. “We have to learn the lesson and throw away the experience.”
Dr. Anthony tells the story of great teacher who lived 700 years ago. As he lay dying his students asked if he was afraid to die. “Yes,” he replied, “I am afraid to meet my maker.” They were shocked, “How can that be? You have lived such a great life. You led us out of the wilderness like Moses. You have judged between us wisely like Solomon.” Softly he replied, “When I meet God, He will not ask, ‘Have you been like Moses or Solomon?’ He will ask, ‘Have you been yourself?’ Throughout time, people have struggled to be themselves.
You have been created in a marvelous, perfect way. It is not others that you need to please.
A few years ago the U.S. Army had a great slogan, “Be all that you can be.” Have you given life your best? That is the true test.
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