The Only People Worth Impressing are your 5 year & 85 year Old Self

We are all born with great sense of humor, intuitive trust, effortless happines, natural kindness towards everyone around & daring curiosity to explore. In order to keep us safe & somewhat manageable, our parents, society & other figure of authorities lay a set of rules.

These rules are laid early on from our childhood. A list of Do's & Don'ts.

We are then appreciated or punished according to this rule book. It easily becomes the blueprint based on which we lead our lives. Its essential too, as it keeps us safe, away from harm, helps us get rewards & recognition from people that we are surrounded with.

But we don't remain a 5 year old always. We change, so does our surrounding. However we are chained to the original rule book subconsciously, as they have by now become our beliefs.

And because we see the world through the lens of these beliefs & are conditioned in a certain way, we discard experiences & ideas that puts us out of our comfort zone lest we make a fool of ourselves trying, or be rejected by our loved ones.

Over the years, self doubt creeps in, because in that comfort zone, we've pretty much not challenged ourselves. We question our own capabilities & caliber. We complaint & put blame on others & fall into the trap of victim mentality.

Self Love has pretty much left the scene by now!

At this stage there is a rising inner discomfort. Some choose to numb it, distract it or pretend by putting a facade, while others seek external validation & approval.

The more we cope through these unhealthy ways, the further we get disconnected & distanced from our true self.

Let's face it, no one is coming to clean up our mess, take away our challenges, show us our way & love us unconditionally.

No one, but our self!!

• Can we dare to stay with our discomfort & give ourselves a patient hearing?
• Can we try to compassionately understand our own needs?
• Can we love ourselves unconditionally despite our flaws & shortcomings?

Weren't we born resourceful & intuitively knowing what we truly need?

The day we tune into our self-awareness, is the day we no longer seek external validation or keep the doors open for any kind of self doubt.

Once we dare to tune inwards, comparisons & external benchmarks stops bothering.

What remains & matters is -

• We tried our best,
• We made our choices,
• We lived our decisions,
• We made peace with the consequences.
• We showed up despite our challenges.
• We made progress, no matter how little.

We set ourselves in a forward momentum, embracing our imperfect yet perfect self.

Loving our own 5 year old self frees us from our limiting beliefs & helps us see our own resources & makes us dare to take chance on ourselves.

This is the beginning of a regret free old age & if we are alive long enough, our 85 year old self , will be very pleased :)

Because you see, the only two people worth impressing is our 5 year old self & our 85 year old Self

Choose to challenge your own limiting beliefs & show up for yourself.

Live a regret free life & live it to impress yourself!