Creating Mental Freedom Series 1 - Taking Responsibility
In this new, five-week series, we will be taking a look at achieving mental freedom. We are dedicating this time to breaking free from mental slavery, and it starts today. In this first session, we will be discussing taking responsibility for your own life.
Point 1: Think About Your Life
What has been on your mind in the last few hours? Why do you believe the things you believe? What formed those beliefs? These questions are good starting points for thinking about how you think. Somebody or something, at some point, was critical in instilling our values into us. Examine what the source of your values are, and begin to evaluate those sources. Are they from reliable and knowledgeable people, or are the values you hold built on a shaky foundation?
Point 2: Early Influences in Life
Our past influence who we are now. We were all born with a blank slate in life, and those around us were the first to influence us. Those we grew up with influence how we saw the world. As you grow older, it is tempting to see those influences as being the absolute cause of where you are now. While that is partially true, every person has control of their own lives. Do not use people or circumstances in your past as an excuse for not improving your future.
Point 3: Benefits of Taking Responsibility
What does taking responsibility do for you and I? It improves our self-esteem. You gain a sense of control when you realize that you control what you do, not those things in your past. Taking responsibility also helps your self-image. Knowing who you are and what you believe is impossible when you attribute everything in your life to outside influences.
Point 4: Education
If you want to break free, and are bound to some education context or structure, you are limiting yourself to a textbook that you did not choose. How can you be creative under those conditions? You can learn from a situation like that, but you cannot live that way. Do not settle for the traditional definition of a successful education. Take a more creative approach.
Point 5: It Starts With You
You are the one who decides what you think about. It is not decided by your family, by the government, or by your job. Nobody can sort through your mind but you. If you do not clean out your mind yourself, it will stay cluttered and confused. Every day you are responsible for what you do. It does not matter what was done (or not done) in your past. You, and only you, can find solutions to thrive in your life.
Summary
What goes on in your mind affects every aspect of your life. Are you choosing to think about things that will lead you to success in life, or are you continuing to blame those around you for your hardships? Choose to have a healthy mind. Clean out the harmful assumptions you have been living with, and replace them with the truths that will lead you to thrive.
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