POWER

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

Considering the quote above, do you ever feel that the thing that holds us back the most in the goals we are trying to achieve is not that we believe we will fail, but that we know somewhere inside us is the power to rise and succeed beyond our own perception? I was considering this the other day on my morning run. I was coming up to this huge hill and i told myself i could do it and get through the rest of my run if i took the hill slowly. However, once i got to the base of the hill i decided i wanted to get it done with and sprint, and i made it up the hill and i didn't get sore, and i didn't slow the rest of my run.
Then i got to more thinking. What if what holds us back is not failure. What if we are held back by our own personal belief in our boundaries and limits. We hold ourselves back and tell ourselves to go slower if we get tired during sprints, but what if we just went harder? What is it that is stopping someone who always finishes third in a race from just letting go of everything and knowing they CAN finish first? I think that it's not as easy as just telling yourself you believe it, you really have to let your mind believe it and let go of the boundaries you have set in your mind for yourself. Just let go.