Lies We Tell Ourselves and How to Stop Living Them

Most of us don’t identify ourselves as being liars. We might say a white lie every now and then, but we would never be the person spewing lies each day, right? Wrong. We might not even realize it, but chances are you are lying to yourself every day. We say them because we think they make us feel better, but in reality they are stealing our ability to live our best life. They blind us from finding the truth, taking away our happiness rather than adding to it.

These lies are holding you back from living a fulfilled life. We have listened to them for far too long, and it’s time to get real with ourselves and stop settling in life. We only get one life to live and these self-limiting beliefs are keeping us from truly living it. Here are six lies that hold us back in life.

“The world owes me something.”

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We all can be pretty self-centered at times. We all think we deserve success, happiness, wealth, freedom and health – we want it all. Unfortunately, that’s simply not how life works. Thinking that these are all “owed” to you by the universe will only set you up for misery when you don’t get everything you want. No matter how good of a person you are, bad things are going to happen to you. No matter how evil someone is, it won’t take away the fact that they might be handed everything. Do what you can to achieve your dreams and have the life that you want, but don’t let setbacks ruin everything you’ve worked for. Learn to be grateful for the blessings you have been given.

“There is nothing I can do, so why try?”

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You may feel powerless when it comes to the problems of the world. No matter how badly the issues tug at your heart, you simply feel that there isn’t any actions you can take that will really make an impact, so why try? This just makes us a victim. Instead, we can adapt the mentality that we can always do what we can, where we are, with what we have. Even though some things are beyond our control, there is always some small step you can take to make the situation a little better. Instead of our reaction being to do nothing, we can go donate money to a local shelter, plant a tree, or check in on an elderly neighbor. Find a way to give back.