There is no thought as troubling as the thought of feeling stuck, or of thinking that you lack the capacity to get for yourself what you want in life. For some individuals, it is the paralysing thought of thinking they do not know enough to get enough for themselves, that sense of failure at the business of their lives.
The remedy for these negative streams of thought is the understanding of why it seems things are not working for you. The pointers below are not exhaustive, you can come up with more when you reflect on your life and experiences.
Some of the reasons why it seems that things are not working for you are these:
You Don’t Know Yourself Well Enough
Self-knowledge is the beginning of all personal journeys. Though not everyone starts out with proper self-knowledge, an individual’s journey truly begins when he gains self-knowledge. The knowledge of self is the understanding of your personal constitution, what makes you, your personal universe, and the desires and goals that are truly yours. People have made a mess of their lives setting off on a false sense of self. The extent to which you know yourself is the extent to which you can call up your mental powers to aid you in attaining your goals.
You Don’t Understand The System
The world is a system of systems. It has programmes, scripts, narratives, players and actors, controllers and the controlled. These influence realities, outcomes, compromises, victors and victims. A lack of understanding of the system of this world will leave you at a loss of who is who and where the doors are. When you understand the system, you can spot the green lights and the signposts.
You Don’t Understand Your Environment
Your environment shapes you. The people you see every day and those you spend time with, the things you witness, the sights and sounds, the mores governing your community, and the narratives within such environment conforms you to that particular environment. The predominant values of such a community will reflect in you. If you understand your environment, you can exercise power in stopping the negatives from altering your essence and you can cleverly walk through the maze to positive places where opportunities lie in wait for you.
You Don’t Apply Principles
Principles are servants of processes and the more mastery of principles you gain, the wiser you can process the things that you want. Principles are laws and guidelines that pave way for thoughts to become actions and for actions to materialise forms or situations. Principles inform you of what step to take, when to take it, how to take it, and the why behind all these steps. A lack of principles makes people place the cart before the horse.
You’re Not Focused
Focus is nothing more than passionate concentration, commitment, and consistency needed to water a seed into a tree. Observe, and you will see that too many things steal focus in people desiring to attain things for themselves. Social distractions act as spells across people’s eyes stealing their gaze from the things they want. Personal distractions such as worry, fears, doubts, and the desire for instant gratification turn people’s mental gaze away from what they want. Focus is a companion to long-term goals and if you lack it you will settle for less than what you deserve.
You’re Quick to Quit
The journey unfolds gradually and the manifestations you desire lie ahead on the journey. But, because reaching there requires more work and effort, you feel depleted and you quit. The ability to stick to a course of action is the fuel of every endeavour. Call it stickability. It is a master-strength and a companion of focus. Those who quit when they should stick lack this strength. It is okay to quit when pursuing a wrong unprofitable course. But it is not okay to quit when the light of that goal is still ahead beckoning you over.
You Follow Lies and Deception
False counselors and false guides populate the world and those who fall prey to their lies and deception become casualties in the game of life. If you trust in them, whether they are religious or political authorities, friends and family members, or those who are specialists in mind control, you will sell yourself short. If you cannot discern lies from truth, deception from honesty, your path will bring you pain.
Think about these; if you think your life is reflecting one or more of them, make a change and start doing it right. You deserve the things you desire if you truly need them. Happiness is bliss when you see the manifestation of the things that were once a desire to you.
