I think that it’s hard to try to become what we think we should. Our minds are susceptible to all sorts of incoming information. And these days we are bombarded with messages, pictures, ads, videos and all kinds of suggestions on how to live and who we should strive to become.

All this information coming at us can, without actually mentioning it, give our subconscious mind a message that says “You are not good enough”. There are so many people that constantly feel as though there is something amiss, that they need to perform better, be better and do more. I think it’s great to want to grow. But when growth no longer comes from a place of joy, there is a problem. Growth shouldn’t feel like our greatest source of stress and frustration in life; like no matter how much we do, we still aren’t good enough.

Wanting more materialistic things could also be great. But if your life revolves around that and in the bargain you are not sleeping, eating or exercising well enough, jeopardizing your health, what’s the point? If you dread waking up in the morning, hating what you do and who you have become, you need to stop and ask yourself what you are doing. You might have heard this before, ‘It’s in the journey of life that happiness lays, not the destination’.

If you’re tired of running, then please stop running for a while and just relax. Breathe. Look around you. See the people you care about. Don’t just look at them; See them. Talk to them and listen to what they have to share. Put away the phone, laptop and other distractions and start to listen to the sounds of life. There is so much more to life than the constant rat race, so many of us are a part of.

I’m not here to tell you who you are or who you should be. But I will tell you one thing which I believe in – Instead of seeking the answers from outside, look within. Call it meditation or call it relaxing, but sitting by yourself for just a little while can give you so many answers you are constantly seeking. Ask yourself, ‘You don’t have time? Or are you terrified of your own mind and all the mysteries it holds?’

I think most of us wouldn’t like to admit how incredibly scary it is to close our eyes for a while and just listen. Listen to all the chatter or the silence. It makes us feel uncomfortable because we don’t know what this is; we don’t know, what this means; we don’t know, what will happen and we have no control. We like to have control; without it, how can we survive?

Well I ask you to try it sometime, to let go of the control and see what you find on the other side. Maybe you will be surprised with how much you will find. Maybe you will feel a sense of peace which you forgot how to feel. I don’t know what you will find or even if you will find something. All I know is the times I sit in silence or out in nature just listening to my surroundings, once the chatter in my mind stops, I know who I am.

From that centered state of mind I tend to make much better decisions, live more fully, love more openly and deal with stressful situations and people more easily. The time I spend with myself allows me to seriously reflect on my life; WHO I am and WHAT I want to become. Sometimes I can clearly see what needs to change, whom I should forgive or apologize to and if I’m in the right direction.

The process of ‘finding yourself’ can be scary because it involves seeing the truth in all areas of our lives. It involves change and following your heart. Those are all things we aren’t really sure how to do because we aren’t exactly taught how to. But once you practice it every day, you will get better and better at it. You will start trusting yourself and the decisions you make. You will be able to distinguish information, suggestions and opinions from your voice. I believe deep down we all know who we really are and we all have the power to become the person we want to be.

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Choose to be happy,
Selma

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