| We are not born with a lack of self confidence. | | | | that are not good for us. We then blame our |
| We have just unconsciously followed a certain | | | | condition on some external effect rather than |
| path. A path made for us by the opinions of | | | | dealing with the cause. For example, it's not our |
| others and influence of the environment. We have | | | | weight problem that gives us low self esteem, it's |
| been trained out of our natural ability to let go | | | | what caused the weight problem in the first place. |
| and have learned to suppress our feelings. We | | | | We then try to deal with the weight problem and |
| have effectively stored up a whole host of | | | | wonder why we seem to end up putting more |
| problems that do little to raise our self esteem | | | | weight on! |
| and in fact do quite the opposite. | | | | What we need to do, is to learn to let go or |
| For all of our lives we have been soaking up the | | | | release the emotions we have built up. In certain |
| opinions of others. We are told not to cry and we | | | | circumstances we do this naturally. Have you ever |
| are told to grow up. We are told to keep quiet | | | | lost something and then frantically searched the |
| and to keep our opinions to ourselves. Is it any | | | | house only to find whatever it is you lost in your |
| wonder that we carry with us a huge weight of | | | | pocket. You have? Then you will remember the |
| suppressed emotional garbage. You see when we | | | | relief you felt when you found the missing object. |
| suppress or avoid emotions they stay with us. | | | | This was 'letting go in the moment' and it is what |
| Time does not heal, we just tend to bury those | | | | we should be doing with all our emotions even the |
| things we suppressed a little deeper. We then | | | | ones we have suppressed. |
| wonder later in life why we experience such | | | | When we let go in this manner we are actually |
| things as tension, stress, anxiety and depression! | | | | expressing the greatest expression of love, |
| We do all sorts of things to avoid how we feel | | | | forgiveness. When we truly forgive we undo the |
| including watching TV, exercise, eating and | | | | effects of the past and make the way clear for |
| drinking. It's not that there is anything wrong with | | | | a brighter tomorrow. |
| these things, it's just that we do them in excess. | | | | For 'letting go' of your emotional load I can |
| We have effectively become masters of | | | | recommend two very popular resources. There is |
| suppression and built the very walls that hold us | | | | a great book by Hale Dwoskin called The Sedona |
| back. We are being held back by the prison of our | | | | Method. Also, you could try The Secret Key by |
| past. The trapped emotions make us do things | | | | Charles Haanel. |