“My Limits?” Blog #106
What am I waiting for?
Where is my thinking now taking me?
How can I possibly feel strong right now?
Everyone will agree that in twenty four hours time, we will see darkness and we will see
light. IF we only use that truth to stay focused on, we can gain a lot of ground. In order to
defy dark thoughts, there MUST be a replacement of good. In order to change bad habits
to good, there must be a replacement of GOOD HABITS ready to set in place. We all know
the statement, “they talk a good talk”. This means talking, and thinking and talking and
thinking and waiting…but what about the DOING? When I recognize what my limits are, this
is the beginning of a good plan to put in place.
First, I need to ask myself, what are my limits in this life I live? Here is my list -
1. What are limits of how much “outside noise/darkness” seeps into my life daily?
2. What are limits of good food going nto my body vs. bad, unhealthy food daily?
3. How do I limit people in my life who purposely bring me down to their level?
I only addressed three areas of “Limits” that I need to look at each and every day. Yet, my
“limits’ have been going on for years.
Thirty years or more ago, I realized I cannot drink alcohol. I used to drink. Yet, in my brain, I
cannot stop with “One drink” I would prefer the whole bottle. With this understanding and
acceptance and awareness. I was able to put a limit in place immediately. No alcohol. I
added to that no drugs at all. WHY? Because I donot want drugs and alcohol altering my
brain. I WANT TO THINK CLEARLY 24/7.
HERE IS ANOTHER CRITICAL LIMIT - TOXIC PEOPLE. Toxic people are people that live and
dwell and stay in darkness! HOW TO RECOGNIZE THESE PEOPLE?
They do not want to change! These people wake up and go to bed, unhappy. They LOOK
for things to be angry, sad and unhappy about. They dwell on all of their “situations they
have put themselves in” and sadly, they pull in others. IF I have not a friend in the world at
this moment, It is the way it is suppose to be. I must guard my inner self with the light of
love, and truth and laughter, and WAIT.
“My body IS the Temple of God”. Therefore, I DO NOT WANT TO ABUSE IT EVER. There will
always be a time for outside friendship. People appear in our life when they are suppose
to! (Bad and good) Now I MUST FOCUS ON ME. IF I AM OUT OF SORTS, I AM NEEDING TO
LOOK AT “What should I limit?”
Am I bringing in balance, belief in Jesus Christ and bravery? IF there is any part of my life
that is out of sorts, I need to reassess “my limits”. Who or what or where is bringing me
sadness now?
Perhaps there is a person that just cannot be in my life for awhile. THAT’S OKAY.
Perhaps I am burning the candle at both ends. Not getting enough sleep, not eating
healthy food, not bringing “spiritual food: prayer and mediation into my life.
Here is a simple question I ask myself today, “what can make me laugh now?”
Maybe I’ve been too hard on myself without bringing in complete forgiveness
There is a limit to what the human body can and will and must endure.
When I am not looking at “the truth” I can divert to other means of satisfaction. Outside
sources of the “wrong people”, drinking, pills, dark social media, it’s there. Most of us don’t
realize it….. but we are pretty hard on ourselves with looking back. When I talk about limits
today, there are limits of unbelievable hardship on myself IF I allow this to take place. My
Plan of Action requires “releasing past”.
LIMITS ACTUALLY CONTROL MY ENTIRE BEING FROM MORNING TO NIGHT.
There is the limit of not thinking bravely, limiting myself to what I will eat that is good for
me, limiting myself to who I want to be with that is healthy. Maybe I feel healthy people
are boring! Maybe I limit myself to saying I can’t cook, so why eat healthy food? I limit
myself to finding new healthy places to explore, either in person, and actually “going
there!” Or, online find new resources for “Healthy endeavors”. So if I am willing to admit it -
"All the limits I have placed in my life - Limit me wishing and hoping and thinking……these
are the very essence of LIMITATION.
Waking up this morning….. saying this, “I don’t feel good, my mind is distressed, no-one likes
me, I have no friends, no one understands me, I can’t find a place in this world, I don’t
belong! This kind of thinking is dark, dangerous and MUST GO. Here’s how I address these
thoughts, I wake up saying, “Thank you Lord for giving me this day to feel, act and do all
that I can in your name”. My mind is NOT distressed. My mind is healthy, filled with
potential and alert” I see that I am alone and at the moment no close friends - I thank you
Lord for bringing a companion into my life IF it is Thy Will not my will. I also feel completely
secure, settled and safe knowing you are at my side, I am not alone. I feel, know and
believe that YOU understand me Jesus and that’s all I need.
Lastly - I truly understand that right now, in this place, I am right where I am suppose to be
and I will do all I can to learn, and let go and love You, myself and my fellow man.
These are the thoughts that I wake up thinking now. I release my limitations on the dark
hold that tries to bind me. For it is way too often that we could spend an entire lifetime
living within “lasting limitations of sadness”. So, NO to that. I must SAY TO MYSELF TODAY, “I
IGNORE DARK LIMITATIONS. I AM INSTILLING HEALTHY LIMITATIONS. I FOCUS ON POSITIVE
THINKING. EACH MINUTE I DO THIS, THE CHAINS OF LIMITATION ARE BROKEN. I FOCUS AND
HEAR THESE WORDS FROM JESUS.”
“BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD.” Nothing can harm you if you do not let it. I limit
all darkness into my life. Jesus said, ” I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD“. If I have all this
help internally around me, I am never alone.
“What limits in my life hold me back from good, healthy living?”