Creating Your Dreams - What Defines You?

Do past experiences and other people’s perceptions of you limit how you see yourself? Are you letting other people define who you are? Definitions and labels can either empower you or strip you of your power and limit your future. Let’s work on coming up with a new set of definitions and labels that will create a more exciting future for your life.

You may not be fully aware of it, but unless you are very on top of your thoughts you are most likely running under an operating system full of other people’s definitions and labels. What did your parents and siblings say about you growing up? How did your teachers treat you in school? What about co-workers and bosses? And we’ve all had well-meaning friends who say things about you from their own limited perspective that really aren't true.

What do you think about you and your ability to be successful? When you start something new do you run a tape of all your past experiments and failures and then doubt yourself? Do you let a lifetime of emotional baggage weigh you down so that you never are truly free to start fresh?

All of this baggage can be put aside, and you can start anew. Instead of letting old definitions and labels construct your future, it is now time to create a new set of definitions. Remember, you create your life in every moment. Your life responds to your expectations- if you expect failure then that is what you will get. So why would you want to let other people’s expectations of you control your life? You wouldn’t, so the time has come to take all this old junk out of the equation.

Labels and definitions are completely made up. Made up by you, your friends, your family, even strangers. We make it up stories and then buy into it, so if you are going to buy into anything let’s make it the most powerful, exciting story you can come up with!

Let’s create possibility here. Let’s create a really juicy future. Start by creating a new set of definitions for yourself, such as “I am successful”, “I am energetic”, and “I am creative”. You get the point… so write these down! Keep going until you run out of new, powerful definitions and labels.

What type of possibilities does this open up for you? What type of life and success can you create now? You can create a life full of success, prosperity, peace and joy. You really can-I have done it. But it won’t happen if you don’t drop the old stories filled with drama, money problems, and failures. It is all a story!! Make one up that is empowering.

If people are always telling you that you are moody, unsuccessful, annoying, etc. then you would probably feel bad about yourself and began to act out in a way that supports their theory of you. You have bought into their story. Likewise, if you are around people who love you, believe in you, and think you are beyond fantastic then you buy into that story and live in that reality. Who do you choose to spend your time with? Do you immerse yourself in positivity or negativity? Know that your choices influence your future, so choose wisely!

Let’s keep digging into this:

• How beautiful would you be if you defined yourself as radiant?
• How happy would you be if you defined yourself as positive and joyful?
• How calm would you be if you defined yourself as peaceful?
• How much money would you bring in if you defined yourself as successful and prosperous?
• What kind of genius could you tap into if you dropped the label of being stupid, silly or an airhead?
• What kind of love could you experience if you dropped the experiences of past hurts?

Definitions can slam doors in your face or open them up depending on which ones you choose. Past experiences are just that- the past. If you could drop all the emotional baggage of your life, what could you achieve? Who could you be?

The only thing that is going to stop you is you- your story, your perceived limitations, and your definitions of yourself. Let your new story be one of possibility. Release your definitions and live in freedom.

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