When you feel unhappy, bored, disillusioned or depressed, it can seem impossible to change your mood. Oftentimes, we fall into a trap thinking that someone or something outside of ourselves can give our lives meaning and make us happy. So, we think that –If I had more money, bigger home, less weight, better social position, better job, etc. we\u2019d be happier<\/em>. We all have our own IF ONLY scenario and these scenarios are our limiting beliefs.<\/p>\n Limiting beliefs<\/em> are the stories we tell ourselves about who we are. Such beliefs limit us from reaching, our full potential. So often times, \u2013 we don\u2019t even know that we have them until someone points them out to us. This is due to fact that these beliefs are subconscious.<\/p>\n Throughout or life, people are seeking certainty in their daily routines, jobs and relationships. We are also very often refusing taking risk and don\u2019t want to get out of our comfort zones. This is because we only invest energy into taking action when we believe it will produce results. When we don\u2019t believe that we can get results \u2013 it basically mean that we don\u2019t have a deep belief in ourselves. It means that we are giving up before we start. We sabotage our own success. This is the reason why is so important to work on your own limiting beliefs to understand that the secret to your happiness is hidden behind these limiting beliefs that you were cultivating and growing since your early age and who became your truths.<\/p>\n Happiness can seem like a prize that other people were given and you were cheated out of. It may appear that the circumstances of your life (like ex job current job or a relationship status<\/em>) are preventing you from being happy, while someone else\u2019s circumstances allow him or her to be happy.\u00a0 Hence, all yours IF ONLY scenario for which you believe that they would make you happy, are actually working against your happiness.<\/p>\n The sad fact is that most of the people have been conditioned since their earliest age to think that happiness is something you are given, or that can be acquired. We\u2019re taught by our families, education system and generally by the consumeristic culture at large that happiness is something that you can do or acquire.<\/p>\n Yes, you can cheer yourself up for a period of time by going out and doing something enjoyable or distracting yourself, nevertheless, it doesn\u2019t produce a long-term state of happiness. Why? Because happiness is not something that you can do, or that you can acquire. You can simply not by any force of will or, though any other external means, \u201cbecome happy.\u201d It is never an end unto itself.<\/p>\n Happiness is a state of being, and therefore a noun. You simply cannot pursue it. It comes to you, if you have the right attitude and if you do one crucial thing. What thing? First of all changing your attitude towards happiness.\u00a0 What I mean is that in order you to change your attitude, you need to switch the word \u201ccontent\u201d with \u201chappy.\u201d<\/p>\n You can exist in a state of contentedness without everything around you being perfect. When you are content, you can face hardships with a can-do attitude; you can experience both sadness and joy without losing your equilibrium. When you are content, you feel that you have all you need inside of yourself to thrive, even in the face of challenges. Contentedness requires one thing: Shifting your focus off of yourself onto others. Shift your focus away from your needs and your commodities \u2014 because it\u2019s not about how much you have or what you want \u2014 it\u2019s about your attitude.<\/p>\n Happiness is the domain of those who don\u2019t take themselves too seriously, who realize that there is a cause greater than themselves and dedicate themselves to that. The ends result of a life of giving, is lasting happiness. Happiness is a state of being, not an acquisition. Happiness is your natural state and not something that you can describe. It is an experience of being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Limiting beliefs as a mean to sabotage your happiness<\/h2>\n
How you sabotage your happiness?<\/h2>\n
Nobody\u2019s preventing you from being happy<\/h2>\n
Happiness can not be acquired<\/h2>\n
Change your attitude<\/h2>\n
Shift your focus<\/h2>\n
You can not buy your happiness<\/h2>\n