Why Are You Not Thriving?

When entrepreneurs start a business, they do so with the aim of building a vast and thriving empire. Why not, right? Yet, when we think about building lives, how many of us do so with the same goal in mind?

Are you thriving? Are you channeling your resources into building a rich, joyful and vibrant life? Why?

Well, here are the top reasons why many of us are not thriving.

First of all, you're holding on to old emotional baggage. Most of the emotion you feel in a day is not even about the day itself. You are just recycling old emotional baggage that has never been cleared. It's so familiar, it's become a part of you, yet it causes you discomfort because it's not meant to be part of your true identity.

It could be an especially hard break-up, and you've never really gotten over that person. It could be the feeling that you let a loved one down. Or guilt over something you feel was the result of you mistake. There's nothing you can do about the past; what counts is what you do from now on. So search your soul, find whatever it is that's bugging you, and release it. This is the most important first step to building a thriving life.

Another reason why you're not living a full life is because you keep focusing on what you don't want. Your mind is in the habit of "figuring out" what you need to change to make your life better. Your thinking mind is convinced that that's how the problem will be solved; yet, that is what keeps the problem constant and present in your life.

But whatever you focus on, you create more of. So stop thinking about what you don't want, what you don't have, what you fear, what you loathe. Welcome new vibrant energy to attract to you insights, answers, and resources to your problem.

Another reason why you're not thriving is because you've bought into the collective belief that you can barely survive and are just getting by.

The world offers us one reality to believe in. That's the one most people believe in because it's what they see and hear, it's easy, that's the way the world is, "C'est la vie" and so on. Everyday, we're told and shown how "times are heard", "Nowhere is safe anymore", "the economy is bad", "love hurts", "old age is scary", "there's nothing after death" and so on.

But even though the world is choosing this reality, you don't have to. We are only bound by belief. Choose beliefs that help you create a thriving reality. Such as "times are good for you and your family", "you are happy, healthy and loving". You can choose to live in the moment and focus on how wonderful life is. Change your beliefs and change your life.

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Eugine Loh, 938Live, MediaCorp Pte Ltd