Challenge
“something that needs great mental or physical effort in order to be done successfully and therefore tests a person’s ability”
Who doesn’t love a good challenge? Well it depends. Is it challenging your physical abilities? …your mental skills? … or… your limiting beliefs???
I guess it comes down to your why, your motivation behind the challenge. For me, I’m always looking to do something better than I did before; to challenge myself to build on my current skills or to add new ones.
It’s because of that that I’ve had to remove all point-gaining games off of all of my devices. I used to have candy crush on my iphone. One time I caught myself playing until three in the morning, challenging myself to get to just one more level. Yikes!
Right now, my biggest challenge is overcoming my limiting beliefs (LBs). Intellectually I know it’s ridiculous to let an internal thought or belief hold me back from my full potential. It’s as if I’m the jailer and the jailed at the same time. I’m in control and yet I’m not.
Of course at the base of these LBs is some form of fear. Again, it seems silly to me as I write this that I would go along with these LBs. If I saw this happening with a friend or family member, I’d do everything in my power to help them overcome it/them.
My challenge should I accept it (and I do) is to face these LBs and change my mind about them…(which is line with this week’s Oracle Card-of-the-Week).
Whoa!!! Just now a notification popped up on my ipad with a statement that now, for the life of me, I can’t find. So I’ll paraphrase: “he did what was told because he feared that person’s anger.” It was like a lightning strike in my body…that’s exactly how I felt growing up. We (my siblings and I) did whatever we had to do so as not to anger either parent…especially my father. It was the same with one of my friends, and the priests and nuns in Catholic school.
I believe I just got a major clue regarding my fears and LBs: my behavior is deeply tied to my fear of angering people, of being yelled at. Ok, this is going to be a bit of a challenge to unravel…and yet intriguing.
Anyway…
How about you? Is being challenged a core value for you?
BTW…here’s what it looked like to begin with…
joyfully,
Maureen
The Mandala Lady
inspiring and encouraging creativity, curiosity, and play through the art of mandalas
About the 2024 Mandalas of the Day
Each day I will create and post a mandala inspired by one of 366 “value” words chosen randomly. The objective being to discover for myself which ones would best represent my core values…and by doing so, I hope it inspires you to determine your own.
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