what are the barriers that prevent many of us from attaining more happiness and peace?
Complaining without constructive action quickly becomes a habit. It causes us to focus on trival problems and take blessings for granted. And focusing on the negative drags everybody down.
Desire can be a force for positive change, but blind desire can make us covet and envy. It makes us oblivious to the suffering of others. Desire can also lead us to treat people as objects and value objects more than people.
When we believe that our possessions determine who we are as human beings, we may be forced to buy things we dun need or can't afford. Also, our possessions dun haf the desired effect on others, namely inspire respect,awe or desire, our emotional well-being suffers.
People with a strong desire for revenge miss out on the good things in life. They often only see the ugly,the irredeemable,the unjust. They add to the anger and hatred in the world, of which we already haf too much.Besides, revenge doesnt heal our wounds.
The person who frequently engages in self-pity is looking for sympathy, and in that sympathy, he or she hopes to find some relief. People who do this regularly see mostly failure, disappointment and insufficiency in their lives. They are unhappy at work and often find their relationships unfulfilling.
We feel resentment too easily, when ppl fail to care, fail to think or when they fail to meet our expectations of what we deem to be good, fair or decent. But resentment eats away at our spirit and mental well-being. Why gif someone the power to steal our peace of mind?
When we worry, we wasste precious time n energy freaming up hypothetical situations which most of the time arent true or will never come to pass. Worry costs us hours, days even of unnecessary stress.
Inpatience comes about when we value speed and output too much. We become so caught up wif wad we need to do or get done soon that we can hardly relax. When we're too focused on the destination, the journey can feel dull or miserable.
When we accumulate unfulfilled freams, we're feeding a ghost that will haunt our remaining years. Pursuing these dreams and making at least some of them come true is essential for a full and happy life. Otherwise you might end up so far from your ideals that u feel ur life has been in vain.
I am letting go some of my barriers slowly to work towards my path of greater happiness and peace.What about u?
