"Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
There have been way too many times in my life I've been my own worst enemy.
Negative thinking shadows me even though I make a conscious effort to think more positively. Maybe it is in my genes or a learned thing from childhood.
Why do I expect to be disappointed all the time?
So I won't be disappointed?
That doesn't make sense!!
Past experience contributes to the expectation of disappointment.
Unrealistic expectations are also a culprit, resulting in disappointment.
A childhood learned thing?
My dad never allowed me to feel achievement. It happened all the time . . . before I'd reach a goal that he'd set, the bar would be raised. It made me a perfectionist of sorts, expecting way too much from myself and others.
Seems like I've spent way too much of my life getting out of the shadows and into the sunshine. Realizing it all is making it easier.
Get to know yourself to realize why you react to life the way you do . . . it is the first step to getting out of your own way.
