Depression, a past trauma or medical reasons perhaps. There may be many reasons why we stop ourselves from thriving.

Willingness – to hold those parts of ourselves we ’ re ashamed of with compassion. Self Acceptance – be proud of who we are without the facade It ’ s said that there are three main things people with a thriving mindset posses :

Did I ever think for a sec ond that the universe put this in front of me as a learning curve ? something I should accept and go with – something sent to help me thrive ? No ! I didn ’ t, but looking back I can see it. This has often led to frustrat ion or annoy ance that I can ’ t get to where I need to, or want to be in the time I wanted, because of XY and Z. This then becomes another opportunity or possibility. When life throws an obstacle in the way, many times I ’ ve looked at it as the end, i nstea d of looking at it as a detour. However, l ife isn ’ t ever that straight forward and if I was more open to opportunities and possibilities of the outcome I desire, then I may have more of a thriving mindset. It also means that I ’ m a worrier and I always look at things in the past, often not being in the present. It ’ s ea sier said than done! What comes with planning and control is the desire to have an outcome in my head which I strive to achieve or want as the goal.

I ’ m generally a planner, however, when I find I let go and live a little without the control generally I enjoy and appreciate the moment that much more. What does it mean to thrive to you? To me it means to be able to have a mindset of being able to just go with flow of life.

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