Life Awareness
Competing with yourself
Dec 29th
Competing with yourself
During our lives we encounter many people. We work with them, socialise with them we see random people everyday whilst out shopping or commuting. One thing we do with all of these people is compare ourselves to them and their success. We ask ourselves, do I earn more money than them? Is she better looking than me? Have they got a bigger house than me?
We constantly beat ourselves up over whether somebody else is doing better than we are or whether our lives would be better if we had their lives. Is this really healthy? I would say not. By comparing ourselves to countless other people in the world we often neglect to analyse our true competitor, OURSELVES!
The only person we truly compete with in our lives is ourselves. We are the only person that is really limiting our potential, our success and our chance of having that dream life. The more time we waste comparing ourselves to other people the less time we have to spend tackling our true competitor. So STOP now! Forget the person that lives next door to you with the bigger conservatory and the newer car, forget the couple who drive past you everyday at the bus stop in their brand new BMW, think about you and how to compete with yourself and your own limiting beliefs. More >
Has Christmas lost it’s true meaning?
Dec 29th
Has Christmas lost it’s true meaning?
What does Christmas mean to you? To me it means spending time with my family, catching up with friends and enjoying the holiday for what it is. I am not a religious person as such but I do believe that Christmas is a time to be spent with ones loved ones.
Traditionally Christmas Day celebrated the birth of “Jesus Christ” and became a religious holiday for many. Over time Santa Claus was introduced and although he is based on a real person the true meaning of Christmas has been forgotten and children actually believe more in Santa Claus than they do in Jesus Christ. Although this has happened over thousands of years and new cultures have made their own interpretations of Christmas, you can not help but wonder where the idea changed over the years.
Over recent years the emphasis of Christmas has shifted from seeing family & friends to how much money we can all spend. Additionally we all like to drink and eat more than we really need to and everyone always regrets it in the new year.I know Christmas is a time for giving and receiving but surely it is more about the thought and effort that has gone into the gift than how much it cost. I can not help but wonder where the idea that spending endless amounts of money on people came from. More >
