Get Rid Of Your Perceived Limitations

Blooming Season Family! 

How are you all doing? We’re in the third week of January! 

How’s your motivation? How’s your mental health? Are you taking good care of yourself and your purpose? 

Well, every week as we take the time to reflect, we can make adjustments and refine our routines in order to get the best results. 

This week I want to explore perceived limitations. 

Where do they come from? 

How do they form? 

How can we change our perception in order to realize that we are actually limitless? 

Our perceptions are our interpretations of our situations, our environments and our experiences. 

Here’s an example of perception: 

There’s an amazing movie called, “Homeless to Harvard.” It’s on youtube in case you want to watch it. It’s a true story about a young girl who grew up in a toxic environment, with both of her parents being drug addicts. She was homeless as a teenager but with hard work and perseverance, she ended up getting accepted to Harvard University. 

I remember the first time I saw that movie, I asked myself, “what would you have done in that situation?” 

I probably would have sat in a corner and died. 

I’m not even being dramatic. I was a sensitive kid. I don’t know if I would have been able to handle that kind of pressure but that young girl had a completely different perception of her situation. 

She knew that her situation was tough but she also knew that she did not want to end up like her parents. 

She interpreted her circumstance as fuel to reach higher and further. 

Others would interpret that kind of circumstance as an excuse to give up and settle for a life that is beneath their potential. 

That’s so interesting to me. 

What is your perception of your situation? 

How are you interpreting your challenges? 

What is the story that you are telling yourself about your perceived limitations? 

Let’s dig into this a bit. 

All of our interpretations begin to form in our childhoods. 

For example: 

I was raised in a religious, church going, christian environment so I never experienced what it was like to dance freely, as a form as self expression or celebration. We barely had family gatherings outside of the church and if we did, no one danced. 

So when I began to discover my love for dancing and performing, I thought it was something “bad” for a long time or ungodly even. I felt shame or embarrassed whenever I danced. 

My interpretation of what dancing was, was formed by the lack of dance that I saw growing up. 

Can we change of perception? 

Absolutely, yes! 

That’s the wonderfully awesome truth. 

We can change our perception by exposing ourselves to different environments. 

I took many dance classes. In those dance classes, I was surrounded by people who have been dancing all of their lives, free movers who expressed themselves through dance as easily as we express ourselves with words. 

My perception of dance began to change. 

This exact concept can be applied to every other area of our lives but this week I want to apply this to the way we think about our limitations. 

The truth is that we are limitless beings. 

We can achieve as much as we allow ourselves to believe. 

You may have a goal to be in a higher position financially or to have the healthiest body you have ever had and maybe you have never seen those things occur in your inner circle. 

Your perception in terms of finances or health may be limited because of your lack of exposure. 

Same goes with everything else. 

You may have a dream to write books, become a successful musician, be the best parent you could be but maybe you have never seen a real life example of those things. 

This is why we must make sure that we are exposing ourselves to different conversations, books, and virtual mentors. 

We must become students, studying the strategies of others in our field and analyzing what is no longer benefitting us in order to continue making adjustments to our every day life. 

What’s my point? 

Anything that you want to achieve is possible. 

I didn’t believe that for a long time because my perceptions were limited.  

This week, ask yourself, “How do I see myself?” 

“How do I see my possibilities?” 

“What do I think about God and His participation in my life?” 

I used to feel like God was constantly upset with me for not having it all together, until I understood that I am submerged in His love 24/7 and that there isn't one moment where God isn't madly in love with me. 

That perception, of being surrounded by God’s love, changes how I carry myself and it changes how I show up in the world. 

Take some time to acknowledge your perceptions, your perceived limitations and how they formed. 

Take some time to plan how you can expose yourself to new information in order to renew your mind when it comes to that specific area in your life. 

• Reposition Yourself by T.D Jakes is a book that has been helping me tremendously this year. He has become a mentor to me, through the pages of that book. 
• Jay Shetty’s podcast called, “On Purpose” has been another beneficial resource that exposes me to the kind of person I want to continue becoming. 
• Iyanla Vanzant is a spiritual counselor with hundreds of videos on youtube that have helped me in my healing journey. Watching her ask questions and provide therapy for others is something that has led me to analyze my own life. 
• Movies are another awesome resource. There are movies that make you think or movies that inspire you and offer another perspective. I recently saw a movie named, “Tenet” that blew my mind because there were so many hidden messages throughout the film that ignited my hope.
• Prayer is vital. Feed your spirit. Talk to your creator and He will restore you to the original version of you that He created.  

Find something that challenges your perceived limitations. 

Watch an interview with someone who made it out of poverty or someone who made their gigantic dream come true. 

Expose yourself to these things that will benefit you or inspire you and challenge you to change the way in which you move on a daily basis. 

I hope this motivates or inspires you my friends. 

Get ready to give this last week of January the best you’ve got! 

“We can do all things through Christ who gives us strength.” - Philippians 4:13 

Not “some things” but all things. 

That means, we are indeed limitless!