TIDINGS THAT INSPIRE
SUNSHINE AND
VITAMIN D
By Jennifer Mwangangi-Ayoti
R
ecently I attended a 4 day
life changing seminar. I did
set an intention to attend
personal development seminars - at
least twice in a year. This particular
one was for experts and it was
interestingly different.
I experienced many aha moments
and I would love to share the ONE
thing that stood out for me, my
moment of awakening, and this is
it … YOU ARE ENOUGH, yes
that’s right, we are enough! The
idea that we need so much outside
ourselves is just lame.
I know most of us are struggling,
and its ok, we just have to honor
the journey and the struggle.
However some of us have resulted
in playing small, less expressive,
more quieter and less YOU. We
might have tried different things in
our quest to find that passion, that
one thing you are good at and in
the process lost ourselves!
We live in a world where if we fail
at something, that’s it; we are not
encouraged to try again by others
and by ourselves. Our enthusiasm
dies. We look at the people who
are doing better than we are and
instead of blessing them and
learning from them; we curse them
‘‘ We live in a world where if we fail at
something, that’s it; we are not encouraged
to try again by others and by ourselves. Our
enthusiasm dies. We look at the people who
are doing better than we are and instead of
blessing them and learning from them; we
curse them and conclude that
God favored them’’
and conclude that God favored
them.
Do you know what the most
disappointing bit is? When we
accomplish something big or when
opportunities present themselves,
our subconscious mind says no
because we don’t feel we deserve
them. We believe that because we
have failed in the past, we cannot
have these beautiful opportunities
that those channels are meant for
others - “the most accomplished” a
certain class of people.
Instead of asking ourselves “what
would you have me learn from this
mistake, this failure, this temporal
obstacle” we settle for less, and
sadly we conform to this obnoxious
belief.
That is why we have a society that
plays safe. Ask a child these days
what sport they are involved in,
they will tell you of only one or
a maximum of 2- why? Because
that’s where their talent lies, they
have to focus on what they are good
at, so they never get to challenge
themselves by getting involved in
other sports.
Sadly the same belief has been
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