The frustration of hearing and understanding instruction is on a different level to the angst that can be generated by the effort put into accepting and following instruction.
The difficulty is that there can be both truth and lies in instruction. One person’s truth is another person’s misdirection. Quite often that misdirection can be both calculated and deliberate.
We live in a world where it is becoming increasingly difficult to believe what we are being told – made all the more difficult when that information is coming from what was formerly a trustworthy source.
Worse still we now have to face the fact that even those things we see are not necessarily what we believe we are seeing.
There is a need to arm ourselves with reasonable doubt. There is a greater need to trust our instincts and, in all things, proceed with caution.
Given that the things seen and heard around us can either be truth, lies or a combination of both it is imperative that we nurture and develop that which is within.
That starts with believing. It must, however, be following by testing that belief…weighing it against commonsense and a personal level of understanding.
Just because it is said and seen does not make it true. It is only by filtering our input that we can develop our output and become a better person.
There is a need to have faith in ourselves. That takes work. It requires vigilance. Trust in self frees us to trust more in others.
If we know what we believe and we understand why it is that we believe because we have tested it and proven it to ourselves then we boost our mental wellbeing and improve our life.
We owe that much at least to the person we are as much as we owe it to be the person we aspire to be.
Gary Bentley Counselling 