When we look at a certain object, a painting for example – we 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 our face.
But if we try to
take it a little further, we’ll have a clearer vision of the whole art
work.
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 under our nose but we don’t
see it.
The only time we think of unlocking our self improvement power is
when everything got worst.
Take the frog principle for example –
Try placing Frog A in a pot of boiling water.
What happens?
He twerps!
He
jumps off! Why?
Because he is not able to tolerate sudden change in his
environment – the water’s temperature.
Then try Frog B: place him in a
lake warm water, then turn the gas stove on.
Wait till the water reaches a
certain boiling point. Frog B then thinks “Ooh… it’s a bit warm in here”.
People are like Frog B in general.
Today, Anna thinks Carl hates her.
Tomorrow, Patrick walks up to her and told her he hates her.
Anna stays
the same and doesn’t mind her what her friends says.
The next day, she
learned that Kim and John also abhors her.
Anna doesn’t realize at once
the importance and the need for self improvement until the entire
community hates her.
We 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?
When none of our jeans and shirts would fit us.
When do we stop eating candies and chocolates?
When all of our teeth has
fallen off.
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, like it or hate it.
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
realized its 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 your self improvement power means unlocking
yourself up in the cage of thought that “its 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 tells everyone that she doesn’t have the guts to be around
groups of people.
She heard her mom, her dad, her sister, her teacher tell
the same things about her to other people.
Over the years, that is what
Jen believes.
She believes its her story.
And what happens?
Every time a
great crowd would troop over their house, in school, and in the community
– she tends to step back, shy away and lock herself up in a room.
Jen
didn’t only believed in her story, she lived it.
Jen has to realize that she is not what she is in her story.
Instead of
having her story post around her face for everyone to remember, 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 in 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 in a week at the gym would result to a healthier
life, reading books instead of looking at porn will shape up a more
profound 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 your self improvement power, you’ll realize that
you’re beginning to take things light and become happy.
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