How Have Your False Beliefs Been Holding You Back?

Is it true or is it false? I found out that many of my childhood beliefs that were considered as truth to me has turned out to be false beliefs. The interesting thing about this statement is that most of my beliefs wasn't my own, they actually came from other people.

I became so aware of a false belief or limiting belief that has been embedded in me for a number of years. What's so funny is I never would have come to know about its existence had I not been a good student of personal development.

Here is what surfaced as I was cooking my Sunday dinner the other week. I was done with everything except for the rice. It was well on its way cooking when my mind took me away from what I was doing. I lost my train of thought.

I habitually lift the lid up to take a peep at what was cooking, not realizing it was rice at the time, I began to stir it. All of a sudden my mind returned me back to the present. Out of no-where I became so frantic! Why was this?

A memory from the past came to light. As a young girl, I remember watching my mother cook rice. She had always made it clear "not to ever stir rice while it's cooking or it will leave a hole in it and cause the rice to turn out sticky".

As I thought about the words of my mother, It was then I realized just how silly that sounds. Right then and there I decided to challenge that limiting belief. I stirred and stirred. When the rice was finally ready it was perfect not sticky. It wasn't anything like what my mother told me years ago. I now have a new belief and have eliminated one more false belief.

What are some of YOUR false beliefs that have been limiting you without your awareness? Think hard about all the things you believe you could not or should not do. Challenge those same behaviors and know the truth about them. Ask yourself is this what I believe or someone elses truth?

Napoleon Hill said it best. That most of our false beliefs comes from well meaning people like our relatives, teachers, friends, parents and advertisements, and so on. They mean well but they are harming us without knowing it when they force their own beliefs upon us. Because we consider them people of authority in our lives we accept their sayings as truths.

I'm so thankful for my new found awareness. It illustrates perfectly just how powerful a belief can be upon our behaviors and our ability to do or not do different things. Our limiting beliefs forms our future as much as a true belief. Take inventory to discover what false beliefs you may be carrying around that really isn't true. It is my desire that my confession helps to spark new awareness in you and the lives of others.