Discoveries

Is the glass half empty or half full?

This is a question of beliefs.

There is no truth in either answer.

Beliefs create our life story. But they are not reality. On the one hand, they generate the identity of who we think we are. On the other hand, they provide the drama that often undermines the very identity we cling to.

Our beliefs are not truth. By viewing reality through our belief filters, we are choosing which point of view we want to see at any moment. It’s a matter of what we choose to focus on, or what focus chooses us.

Beliefs make-up our human conditioning, reactions, and identity. They can expand or contract our view of ourselves and the world.

When we become aware of this illusionary influence, we can choose beliefs that either empower or disempower us. We can consciously choose beliefs to develop the storylines of our lives in any number of directions.

At the same time, when we become conscious of self-limiting beliefs, we have the opportunity to escape these invisible chains, because we realize they are not real. Easier said than done? True. But, tiny cracks and holes have begun to weaken our prison walls.

Our beliefs are the basis of our life stories. We can choose differently at any time, just by adding two words, “I choose . . . to believe”.

By doing so, we are taking back control over our lives, rather than allowing our beliefs to define and control us. By consciously ‘choosing’ our beliefs, we stop identifying with the belief as our identity as who we believe ourselves to be ~ and we become closer in-touch with what we really are.