The Bible admonishes us to love our neighbour as ourselves but there is nowhere it stated we should love our neighbour more than ourselves.
It is not a bad thing to be selfless but there must be a limit or else it can ruin you. Here are 10 things you should avoid doing to yourself before it will ruins you.
1. Constantly Blaming Yourself
So long as you’re human, you’re bound to make mistakes, so stop blaming yourself for what happened and move on. The harm has already been done and it can’t be undone so let it go and let it be a lesson, not a burden.
2. Overthinking
There are zillions of problems to solve in this world and if you should travel to space, you will realise you’re just a speck in the universe and no matter what you do, you can’t solve all the problems in the world, so it will be better to think within your means and stop overthinking because it can ruin you.
3. Fear Of Opportunities
As the saying goes, “opportunity comes but once” and so when one comes knocking on your door, grab it and stop thinking you’re not ready or worried about the unforeseen because every opportunity is a step to build you. Go on and grab it with both hands.
4. Living For Others At Your Expense
This is the main reason why you’re heartbroken all the time. Take a moment and reflect on this and at least have time for yourself. You can’t be living to please others all the time while you still have problems of your own to solve. What you do for others should also make you happy or bring satisfaction else, stop it.
5. Living In The Past
Always dwelling in the past cripples what you can achieve in the present and future. There’s a reason why it’s called “PAST”, it means it’s gone, done, over and nothing can change it. What you can do, however, is to build on the past against the future but don’t dwell or live in the past.
6. Living A Lie
Why try to be something you’re not? Living a life of lies can be more frustrating than anything. You always have to keep up appearances to create that personality. Why go through such stress when you can live your life as you and still make it? If you don’t have a car, why borrow to show off? If your parents are not rich why say they are? You’re a mechanic, why say you’re a Mechanical Engineer?
7. Putting Yourself Down
Nobody can inspire you better than yourself so why put yourself down? Learn to inspire and motivate yourself daily. Negative vibes help no one and telling yourself you’re not good enough is all your brain needs to make sure you’re indeed not good enough. Kill the negativity and speak some “I Am Capable” words into your life.
8. Abandoning Your Dreams
If you have a dream you want to achieve, let no one talk you out of it or think it’s too big a dream to accomplish. Many were those who said mobile phones weren’t possible when the concept was first introduced, but today here we are with millions of the device worldwide. There is even a container that transports people from one place to the other through the skies known as an airplane.
9. Ignoring Your Needs
We all have our most desirable needs and no matter what, this is something you shouldn’t ignore unless it is a negative one. Never ignore your needs in favour of other people. It’ll only make you unhappy and unsatisfied.
10. Doing Things You Don’t Like
If your instincts tell you what you’re about to do is not right, it is important to refrain from it because this can go a long way to affect your happiness, especially when you look back and regret.
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