Inspiraelevation

Self-fulfilling prophecy plays a vital role in what we are to become or what we are to achieve.

Self-fulfilling prophecy is the action(s) one carries out based on internalization of a belief, be it erroneous or not, which has been  imparted on one by self or another, and found lodging in one’s brain as a result of  verbal repetition or thought.

Many people talk themselves out of doing those things that benefit us by focusing on those behaviours and character traits that don’t.

We become that which we dwell upon most.

“You’re always reinforcing something- even when you’re doing nothing” (Blanchard)

Your brain is always working even when you are not.

Words have sticking power.

That is why suggestion or auto-suggestion is powerful.

Tell yourself something long enough or permit someone to tell you something often enough you will begin to accept it as true and act out in said fashion.

For this very reason, one should take care of who they let speak into their lives.

One must take extra caution regarding what one focuses on.

If you want to have positive outcomes you have to accentuate the positives.

• Focus on what you are doing right.
• Focus on what you are good at.
• Focus on your assets.
• Focus on your best traits.

Remember the universal law of magnetism.

You draw unto yourself what you put out.

If your focus is on negative, you will draw unto yourself more of the same.

“Humans naturally want approval from others” (Blanchard)

We crave attention.

The wrong type of attention is detrimental.

Therefore, watch from whom and where you derive your worth and value.

Watch who you let whisper in your ear or who you entertain in a conversation.

Do not under any circumstance let someone demean you or over amplify your flaws.

Remove yourself from the company of those who incessantly devalue your worth or barrage you with insults.

Never accept or choose to stay in the presence of those who always tell you what you cannot do or what will not happen.

Seek out people who will focus on your positives, who will catch you doing what is right; because this is the type of thing that will encourage you and give you zest so that you may do more of the same.

Everyone needs encouragement.

“When one is dealing with their kids, or with the people at work, and consistently call attention to what they do right, it is like they’re responding to the best that’s in them” (Blanchard)

Responding to the best in people drives them to be their best, even when they are at their worst.

The Art of Suggestion is a powerful thing.

Blanchard, Ken. (2002).  “Whale Done!” New York: NY, Simon and Schuster. Print.

A breakthrough is the fulfilment of a long-anticipated outcome.

The elusive prize sought out for consistent efforts, and toil yet to be rewarded

If one were to pique the mind or pull up a chair to hold attendance to some of the greatest thinkers and innovators of humankind one would come to the full understanding of the process of achievement.

Success is a journey.

A journey riddled with setbacks and opposition.

But like all good things that come about with hard work and time withstanding, so does success

If you are sweating it out, waiting it out, and refusing to doubt then what you are working for will one day work for you.

• Give it time
• Don’t ever give up

Things don’t always happen when we want them,  and for good cause

We are not always equipped to handle what we want.

For many, if they got what they wanted when they wanted it, then the obtainment of their desires would consume them.

Good things grow with time.

What grows too fast is born pre-mature, underdeveloped, undernourished, and struggles to survive.

Great things take the time to build.

That which one constructs too fast is often shoddy, and incapable of withstanding the elements of nature and the corrosive force of time.

Such things will often have to be torn down and rebuilt.

It takes time to succeed.

The more you grow, the more you know, the more prepared, the more polished, and the more brilliant you will shine.

Most expectations are unrealistic.

A lesson through symbolism

Has a farmer ever planted a seed in a patch of soil and expected a full harvest on the morrow.

Does he or she not nourish, water, and till the soil that the harvest be robust?

Does he or she not treat the soil and weed the garden to protect?

Must not the sower of seed await the sun,  for the seed to struggle through the dirt,  and patiently wait for the seed to endure the elements of the wind or a strong rain.

We are not unlike the farmer.

Our dreams are our seeds

Our work, practice, and dedication the nourishment and preparation.

Our vigilance to our thoughts  and actions our protectorate.

Must the dreamer not wait for his or her dreams to see the light of day.

Are we the ambitious, innovators, creators, the believes not left to struggle, to push for one to take notice of our dreams.

Must not our hopes endure the elements of both criticism and opposition.

Surely we can see the process of our lives reflected in that of the sower and seed.

Our lives as a reflection

1. Make sure that you are not sowing your seed in the wrong place.

Thorny soil will not produce a full harvest no matter how much work you put into it.

2. Make sure that you are sowing the right seed.

If you invest in something that is not for you, or does not make good use of your gifts or talent no matter how much you work, a breakthrough will be impossible.

3. Make sure that you are sowing in the right season.

Frost and snow are detrimental to crops and will kill most seeds before they have time to grow.

For everything, there is a season and a purpose.

Perhaps the time for fulfillment is not yet.

Learn the art of discernment.

4. Make sure you are not depriving your seed of nourishment needed.

All things need attending.

• Do everything you can to grow.
• Learn all you can.
• Continuously improve.

5. Make sure you are protecting your seed.

Don’t let naysayers get in your head.

Stay away from dream snatchers.

Protect your dream as you would your infant child.

Don’t rush it!

That does not mean to sit back and do nothing.

It means to do what is necessary.

Don’t try to force open closed doors,  doors close for a reason.

If a door closes or is closed search for another door, a cracked door, or open windows.

When one door closes, another avenue will open and sometimes in the most unexpected of places.

In summation

• Hard work is essential.
• Putting your time and effort into building is necessary.
• Diligence and vigilance are a skill set one must encompass.
• If you want something worth having patient hope is quintessential

Don’t ever, ever give up.

Your breakthrough is coming.

 

 

When we are born, we are born as self-discoverers.

This must be, this is by design.

We are egocentric and with good cause.

The focal point must be on our adaptation and survival.

Our needs must be put at the center, this is required.

We simply cannot care for ourselves.

Egocentrism is typical and developmentally necessary for the child.

Before understanding the world, or others, one must understand self.

We must determine how we relate to the world.

Self-centered thinking is a process of development, as  “Childrens’ thoughts and communications are typically egocentric.”(McCleod)

The child see’s everything from his or her perspective and is unable to at the time understand the complexities of the views of others.

“As Mcleod  further notes, According to Piaget, the egocentric child assumes that other people see, hear, and feel exactly the same as the child does.”

This is essentially how we  find ourselves and what we believe.

However, the way of life is growth.

We are designed to progress from one stage of development to another.

Egocentricity, serves its purpose in our youth, but should be subdued as one grows into adulthood.

Once we find our way in the world, there are things we must learn to grow out of so that we can grow into who we are to become.

Egocentricity can develop into full blown self-absorption or what many refer to as narcissism.

This can come at an extreme detriment.

 

 

A lot of issues that we contend with stem from stunted growth, specifically failing to grow beyond that of egocentric thinking.

Our interdependent nature was by design.

We need each other.

We live in a communal earth.

we inherit collective resources such as land and water.

Thus, our survival is greatly dependent on our ability to share those resources.

Therefore, we must learn to think of others who are inhabiting the same sphere with us.

There is an abundance of resources to go around, provided that we do not become overconsumed with self.

Self-centeredness, is a blight on humanity.

 

I believe that if  one were to explore the very depths of human depravity and ruin, one could find the rot of selfishness at the very root.

There is a remedy.

 

The solution to what puzzles or confounds us most is selflessness, as such is the seedling of love in full bloom.

Selflessness

Selflessness begins with self-care and self-awareness.

At times, you must put you first, especially when replenishment of your stores are needed.

For this very reason a day of rest has been set aside, it is essential.

A day, when one  must work on building and nourishing,  to release selfishness in exchange for selflessness

 

 

You must be whole and healthy to fully give unto others.

 

An imbalanced nature is evident

Self-care and self-absorbancy (selfishness)

Many confuse self-care with self-absorbancy.

They believe that any attention on self to be selfish in nature.

Self-care and self-absorbancy are not synonymous, one must be mindful of this.

Self-care is to pay necessary attention to one’s need’s to maintain balance.

Self-absorbancy is to pay unnecessary attention to one’s want’s at the expense of others.

Self-absorbancy is seeing oneself with an over-inflated sense of importance.

 

Self-absorbancy is the epitome of selfish behaviors.

 

 

Such people have a tendency to put their wants above the needs of others.

One’s luxury becomes more important than another’s survival.

One’s comfort more vital than another’s suffering.

They absorb more than is necessary and  collect and store up for vanity sake.

 

Such often have a penchant of prefacing their thinking with an, ” what about me” attitude.

they contend for their spot at the center of the universe, as evident in their day to day practices and interactions.

They wish success for self at the expense of others.

They are marked by their cupidity, plagued with an I got mine now you get your’s mindset.

Driven to win by any means necessary without due consideration of the trickle down effect.

 

 

 

Mcleod, Saul. (2010). Preoperational Stage. SimplyPsychology. http://www.simplypsychology.org/preoperational.html

 

Now is important

for all we know, now may be all that we have.

It is so easy to push things off, to say I will but later.

It is  so easy to hesitate, to deviate, to procrastinate.

One of the greatest enemies to success is procrastination.

It is the fruit of laziness, desire not yet full.

Though many will not admit it procrastination is just sloth in a fancy shroud.

Desire pushes.

Sloth pulls.

When desire is full one  acts with immediacy out of necessity so that he or she may not lose an opportunity.

A soul full must be emptied to make room for more.

Procrastination has a steep penalty.

If anything I have learned, I have learned thus much, you pay the price today for the achievement you desire tomorrow.

Later never comes.

The flower that blooms too late

it often meets a dire fate

instead of blossoms that burst in spring

It has to weather what fall may bring

cold, snow, frost and dew

push against that flower in bloom

 for when the  time for flowering has past

success is relegated to chance

It will take everything that little flower has

to do all it can  do to last

The time is always now

Procrastination is an ugly habit

That undermines all talent, skill, and gift that lies within.

If you find yourself putting things off until later you must question your desire.

Ask yourself, how much do I want this?

How important is this to me?

Do I want this at all?

If your intention is to continuously put a thing off until later it could be that it’s not very important to you or completely unnecessary.

If you have no intention of acting in the present

It stands to reason you may never do it at all.

All tomorrows will turn into today’s.

Everyone has a belief system, a set of principles that govern their lives.

“Belief as defined by the great spiritual teachers, is not belief in any particular school, philosophy, or religion but the attitude of mind that forms the basis of one’s life.” (Allen 117).

It is the life you live and the actions that you carry out that determine your system of belief.

There are many that subscribe to varied schools of thought, disciplines, or faith. However, their practice is misaligned, and yet they wonder why life is wrought which such difficulty.

One cannot hold two opposing beliefs at one time.

One cannot espouse to believe in justice but be unjust in their dealings.

One cannot espouse love and yet hate even a few.

One cannot espouse optimism but yet demonstrate a pessimistic view of the world.

These are opposing factors that just do not align.

“The nature of the law that governs the mind is such that it’s absolutely impossible for anyone to believe in two opposing conditions at the same time.Everyone fundamentally believes in one or the other of these opposites-never-in both and their daily conduct indicates which side of the fence they’re on” (Allen 112)

If you find your life wrought with conflict, chaos, and misalignment perhaps there is a need to look deep into oneself to seek greater understanding of what one believes.

“Those who declare a belief in higher consciousness and still choose to live in lust and indulgence, or in the spirit of hostility and condemnation are self-deceived. They don’t really believe in higher consciousness; they believe only in their own small, egoic selves. What we cling to, we believe; what we practice, we believe.” (Allen 115)

Many are confused in this principle.

With the profession of mouth and a staunch mindset, many foreswear to believe that they are steadfast in their beliefs.

Such believe with their minds but not with their hearts.

This is the essential difference.

” …There are two entirely distinct kinds of beliefs, namely head-belief and heart belief. Those who believe with their hearts in all things good will love and live in them, and those who believe in things that are toxic and selfish will love and cling to them.” (Allen 119)

“From the heart flow the issues of life .”

Mind belief may guide heart belief. Heart belief will always be the source of action.

Do a self-check up today.

Check to see if the actions that you committed to today align with what you say you believe.

If you say you believe in peace, how did you contribute to making the world more peaceful today.

Did you participate in actions that would bring about peace or strife?

If you say you believe in justice how did you go about bringing justice today.

How have you espoused and attitude toward building a more just world today?

Did you find yourself spending more time dwelling on injustice, promoting injustice, or doing those things antithetical to being just.

If you say, you believe in benevolence, how benevolent were you today.

Were you generous with you time, your giving, with your patience, with your love or did you fall short?

If you say you are loving, how did you express your love today.

If you say you live by positivity, how much positivity did you share today.

If you are about growing others and building up others, how much building did you do today.

Are your actions congruent with your beliefs, if not maybe its time for a change, a time to be real with yourself and recommit to doing those things, which you say you represent?

There is a parable concerning a man stranded on a road.

There happened to be many passersby’s on this path. Of those passerby’s were a few men known to be good and pious (men of faith) However, in their goodness and piety they passed by this man in dire need.

It was one who stopped to assist.

This one was deemed to be the lesser in spirit and piety at least by others. However, the heart of this man was filled with love. His heart would not let him pass a man in need.

What we had here was a matter of head belief versus heart belief. The other men good by name were poor in spirit.

“They no doubt held very strongly to the theological doctrines of their fathers- that was their intellectual belief- but in their hearts they did not believe in mercy and so lived and acted accordingly.” The Good Samaritan, on the other hand, may or may not have had any theological beliefs, but in his heart he believed in mercy and acted accordingly” (Allen)

You will undoubtedly behave according to what you feel in your heart.

“A tree is known by the fruit it bears.” – Luke 6: 43-45

If you want to change the fruit, you must address the root.

Allen, James. As We Think So We Are. Oregon, Hillsboro; Atria Books. Print.