How to Move From Pain to Power

Dear friend, when you look at a certain object, a painting for example – you won’t be able to appreciate what’s in it, what is painted and what else goes with it if the painting is just an inch away from your face. But if you try to take it a little further, you’ll have a clearer vision of the whole art work. Agree.

We reach a point in our life when we are ready for change and a whole bunch of information that will help us unlock our self improvement power. Until then, something can be staring us right in the face but we don’t see it. The only time we think of unlocking our self improvement power is when everything gets worse. Take the frog principle for example –

Try placing Frog A in a pot of boiling water. What happens? He twerps! He jumps off! Why? He does so because he is not able to tolerate sudden change in his environment – the water’s temperature. Then try Frog B: place him in lukewarm water and then turn the gas stove on. Wait until the water reaches a certain boiling point. Frog B then thinks “Ooh… it’s a bit warm in here”.

Most people are like Frog B in general. Today, Anna thinks Carl hates her. Tomorrow, Patrick walks up to her and tells her he hates her. Anna stays the same and doesn’t mind what her friends say. The next day, she learned that Kim and John also abhor her. Anna doesn’t realize at once the importance and the need for self improvement until the entire community hates her.

Most of us learn our lessons when we experience pain. We finally see the warning signs and signals when things get rough and tough. When do we realize that we need to change diets? We do so when none of our jeans and shirts would fit us. When do we stop eating candies and chocolates? We do so when we realize that all of our teeth have fallen out. When do we realize that we need to stop smoking? When our lungs have gone bad. When do we pray and ask for help? When we realize that we’re going to die tomorrow.

The only time most of us ever learn about unlocking our self improvement power is when the whole world is crashing and falling apart. We think and feel this way because it is not easy to change. But change becomes more painful when we ignore it.

Change will happen, whether we like it or not. At one point or another, we are all going to experience different turning points in our life – and we are all going to eventually unlock our self improvement power not because the world says so, not because our friends are nagging us, but because we realize it’s for our own good.

Happy people don’t just accept change, they embrace it. Now, you don’t have to feel a tremendous heat before realizing the need for self improvement. Unlocking yourself improvement power means releasing yourself from the cage of thought that “it’s just the way I am”. It is such a poor excuse for people who fear and resist change. Most of us program our minds like computers.

Jen repeatedly told everyone that she doesn’t have the guts to be around groups of people. She heard her mom, her dad, her sister; her teacher said the same things about her to other people. Over the years, that is what Jen believes. She believed it was her story. And what happened? Every time a crowd would come over to her house she would shy away and lock herself up in a room. In school and in the community she would be timid and reserved. Jen didn’t only believe in her story, she lived it.

Jen has to realize that she is not what she is in her story. She has to have the spirit and show people “I am an important person and I should be treated accordingly!”

Self improvement may not be everybody’s favorite word, but if we look at things from a different point of view, we might have greater chances of enjoying the whole process instead of counting the days until we are fully improved. Three sessions a week at the gym would result in a healthier life, reading uplifting books will broaden your knowledge; going out with friends and peers will help you take a step back from work and unwind. And just when you are enjoying the whole process of unlocking yourself improvement power, you’ll realize that you’re beginning to see life from a different perspective.

Until next time, make this a week one in which you are living your life to the fullest.
With appreciation and gratitude
Nigel St.Hill

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