Personal Growth…

Personal Growth is something we all must face at some point in time in life, actually many. Is it easy? No! Sometimes with personal growth we face pain and fears. Pain of letting go. Pain of loosing someone. Fear of change because our old ways are easy, comfortable, and feel normal but not always healthy for us. I view growth as shedding skin. Like leaves falling. We must let go of our old ways that no longer serve us. Let go of people that do us more harm than good or have chosen a different path. We must face the very fear of change itself to GROW. Come on, can a snake grow without loosing its old skin? Can a tree grow bigger, stronger, brighter, grow new leaves, and bear new fruit without letting go of its old leaves? No! The old leaves will suck the tree dry, stay stagnant, and eventually die too soon. So when it is time for us to grow we as people need to do the same. We need to take a deep hard look at ourselves, our intentions, where we are in our life, and the goals we want to achieve. We need to analyze our surroundings, our environment, and our happiness. Are we surrounding ourselves with people that have our best interests at heart with love and compassion for us? Is our environment heathy, safe, and loving? Is it time to clean house? And most important are we happy? Then it is time to step back and decide what can I do to change it so I can grow. Only you yourself have the power to create change. If you want to grow then you got to do what you got to do. No one can change you or change things for you. Sure they can bring you down, if you allow them to. They can iratate and frustrate you, if you allow them to. So don’t. Easier said than done, I know but jot it down as life’s work. Note to self: don’t let others dim MY god given bright light. God gave it to all of us and it is up to us to keep it! We are love and we get to be it. First we must take a good look inside ourselves. If we don’t like what we see then chances are no one else does either… Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but so true. LOL Ask yourself, do I like me? If we don’t like parts of our own selves, do we really expect anyone else to? So get to work! If you want to grow, start by shedding that old skin, especially the parts that no longer serve you or others. Clean house, create the environment that feels good, and safe. Stand up for yourself, speak up about what hurts your feelings. Respect yourself by letting people know your boundries. Kindly of course and if they don’t like it, then well I guess they gotta go! Growth is natural, growth is being ALIVE, and we all must have personal growth throughout of lives to acheive our goals and maintain a happy life the best we can. And that my friend is a choice only you can make. So ask yourself once in a while… What do I need to do to GROW? Never stop asking yourself that important question or your likely to wilt up like a dying tree! And who WANTS to do that? Not me! We are all here and alive for a reason. So find your purpose and find your happiness. Have a beautiful blessed sunshine day! It’s here for all of us, all you have to do is look up!