If you come from a strong place, you have the tools to keep things simple, and find constructive solutions to the problems of circumstance and opinion.
Un-clutter your ear for what your intuition says, and you will be able to tell when you are doing something that your principles agree with, when you are making excuses, when you need to push yourself that one extra mile, and when a break wont hurt at all. But to be able to really tune in to it, you will want to get rid of all those outside opinions and judgments that bother you and stick like Velcro to your self-esteem.
Don’t victimize yourself, stop wallowing in self pity. The hard truth is, that it doesn’t move things along, just intensifies the inertia. If you want out of the problem, the only person who can get you out, is, well, you know. At the end of it if you’re stuck, unhappy, disappointed, unsuccessful or not where you want to end up, you may have a valid reason, you may have someone other than yourself to blame. But its still you, where you don’t want to be.
You have to find the solution. Happiness, or success or whatever works for you, comes usually from hard work, perseverance, and a whole lot from your ability to get up every time you fall. Mental strength is defined by not giving up when things seem insurmountable. Another one of those marathon analogies that recurs in my mind like a misbehaved alarm clock, is that while it matters how consistent your efforts are in your running, what really gives you the edge is how well you recover.
Let go of all those limits that you think you have, find some new ones and then push them. Don’t cage yourself, yourself.
Or, you could just be a cat and sleep. All day. 🙂 🙂
The Nomad in Spirit 