Today I want to talk about personal growth. How I've changed in the last five years and how I've stayed the same. As you can see from my then and now posts regarding my personality profile you can see the difference and what hasn't changed. But it isn't just my personality that has changed. I believe I've grown more personally than just my personality. I want to start by giving you this quote. “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” – Semisonic this quote really resonated with me and got me to thinking how true it is.
Life is full of new beginnings, however, when a new beginning starts it's from another beginning's end. With that we take and leave things behind and grow or degenerate. For me I've noticed I've grown from personality, behavior, thinking, and desires. I believe those that personally know me have seen the changes.
I am able to set boundaries, say enough is enough and not let things slide. My emotions are more controlled than what they used to be. I'm more focused on my health, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Even though I'm not as optimistic as I was when I was in my teens I'm slowly regaining that. I still have more of a care-taker mentality and personality I'm slowly drawing my attention to myself and looking after number one. While I'm looking to make my life meaningful and productive I'm not always searching for a get rich scheme like I used to. Even though I still care what people think and want to please everyone I'm learning to do what is best for me. I'm not quick to make decisions like I used to. I think things over and look at the pros and cons before making a decision. While some may still see my decision as rash and without thought. What they don't know is I've thought about it but haven't talked about it until the last minute. I believe that is something I need to work on. Especially when it comes to people close to me.
I'm no longer putting up with hate and negativity, I am unfriending and distancing myself from those that are spewing nothing but hate and negativity. I'm learning and trying to practice self love and acceptance. I'm trying to learn from every experience I encounter and how that can help me grow. I no longer want people around who don't appreciate, love, and accept me. I try to notice the toxic people and remove them from my life. I want to replace them with people who are encouraging, supportive, and value me. I've noticed by doing this I'm allowing more love and blessings to come my way. It's true that whatever we put out comes back and what we surround ourselves with more of the same will be drawn to us. With that in mind I will leave you with one final thought. Look at your life and evaluate how you have changed over the years is it growth or is it degenerating? If its growth continue to grow and if it isn't growth, well, it's never too late to personally grow.