Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Don't Worry, Be Happy

     For most people, our biggest critic is ourselves. We criticize every little aspect we deem wrong about our ourselves- physically, emotionally, spiritually, financially, etc. In Alice Walkers, Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self, she was full of joy and energy until she was hurt and lost self-confidence in herself. Walker was a young girl who had a future to pursue anything she dreamed. However, she let one physical aspect of herself hender her full potential to succeed.
     Just like Alice Walker, people hender their ability to succeed by their own thoughts and lack confidence. Most of us want to achieve our own high levels of expectations for ourselves, but we can not because half of our body, mentally or physically, is telling us that we can not do it. The henderance is "the other dancer" in our lives. It is twirling and leaping around in our mind telling us that there is no way we will accomplish anything. The other half of us wants to push forward and go beyond our wildest dreams.
     In order to gain more self-confidence, we have to sto comparing ourselves to others. God made each and every one of us in his own liking. We are to be what He created us to be, not what the magazines, television, and radio tells us to be. All in all, we can not let our own thoughts limit what we can achieve. We have to throw those thoughts away and act to the upmost of our ability.

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