This post is my ongoing daily participation in @jongolson's fantastic Index4Index Initiative. Read his post, and get yourself involved!
Today's Index4Index Daily Inspired Motivation is about knowing and understanding that we are not trapped by our living conditions, regardless of how it may appear. To be able to supercede any non-ideal environment in which we find ourselves, it is absolutely necessary to believe that we are capable of doing so.
"The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you find yourself."
- Mark Caine
We are all so much more powerful and capable than most of us tend to believe. If we believe that we are a trapped captive of our environmental conditions then our minds will be closed to any potential of improving our situation. This, of course, is not a conducive perspective to changing our situation.
There is beauty and opportunity everywhere, even in the seemingly darkest of circumstances, and our openness and willingness to see such rays of light and hope are exactly what allows us to begin to shift our conditions. It is in the most challenging of times that our greatest character is built. When we can see a non-ideal situation as not set in stone, but rather simply how things are for the moment, we lighten up and loosen up, allowing our brilliance and creativity to bubble up, which moves us out of the feeling of being stuck, and into a more synchronistic flow.
We are not trapped unless we believe that we are, and accept that as our reality. When we shift that limited and limiting perspective, doors open for us to which we were blind before. I say this all the time, but it's true, it all begins with us. We can decide in any moment to change our perspectives, to open our hearts and minds, and in so doing, change our lives for the better. One decision can change...everything!
Remember, dear friends, that we are all in this together, that we rise by lifting others, and that together we thrive, so onward and upward, joyfully together! 😁🙏💚⚡💥🔥✴️✳️❇️👣🌱✨🤙