PERSONAL GROWTH
Bob Proctor
Once there
was a beggar, begging beside the road. He used to sit on an old wooden box. It
was his fixed place. He had been begging for a long time more than two decades.
He had fed up with this intolerable situation but had no other options. Whenever
he used to see the neat and happy men, he would abuse himself for not having
such a luxurious life.
One day he was
doing his work of begging when a monk stood in front of him. He was giggling
looking at him. As the beggar asked him what he wanted, the monk asked him,"
how long have you been sitting on this wooden box?" " Since I am begging." the beggar
replied. The monk continued asking “Have you ever opened this box?" With
the visible irritation he expressed his disagreement. The old monk insisted him
to open the box. The beggar unwilling opened it. He got surprised to see the
box was full of diamonds and jewellery. He felt ashamed of himself for not even
thinking about opening the box. Now he was rich but half of his life was spent
in begging.
This symbolic story makes us realise that
how unfortunate are those who never look inside them for the entire life and
waste their life. The real gems of life are hidden inside of everyone but a few
realise it.
We always look
for something outer side to make yourself precious. You think the branded
clothes, fashionable ornaments or other materialistic things would make you a
great person. But we forget the hidden treasure we have near to us. We are
practiced to look outside but now time has come to look inside. And peeping
into yourself promotes the personal growth.
Every change
that takes place in your life begins within you. Until you don't bring a
positive change inside, you can't expect the change outside. Growth is an
inside out process. Your higher potential self grows from inside you just like
a big tree comes out of a small seed. When you think about growing in all the
directions in your life, you think of the personal growth. The personal growth
is a cause to happy, healthy, wealthy and successful life.
The purpose of personal growth is not to get
rid of all your negative thoughts, feelings and life situations. That’s impossible.
The goal is to change your response to them. To grow so strong on the inside,
that nothing on the outside can affect your inner wellness without your conscience
permission.
What is a personal growth?
‘A personal
growth is an intentional positive change in your physical, mental, emotional,
spiritual and social well-being.’
This definition
clearly indicates the areas to focus on when you think about the personal
growth.
1. PHYSICAL GROWTH
“Physical fitness contributes to all other aspects of personal
development and makes for rich and radiant living.”
imagine yourself without healthy body.
How horrible it is! Your physical energy is a backbone of your life. Your body
is an inseparable part of your consciousness. Your existence is shown with the
strong physique. As your age grows you find a lot of physical changes but you
can make good changes intentionally. Sound mind lives in sound body.
Nutritious
diet, proper exercise and enough rest can help you to maintain your physical
growth balanced. You can keep away yourself from a lot of diseases which causes
due to your life style.
2. MENTAL GROWTH
“Mental growth is the strength of self-control, patience and
understanding of others. Making force to be reckoned.”
It is all about your brain development. It
includes your thinking process, comprehension, perception, logic, understanding
and creativity. It is an ability to imagining, observing, making decisions and
solving the problems.
When you find
mental growth at its best, you deal with the life easily. You find in numerous
ways to lead the life successfully. Mentally grown people achieve more in their
lives. Reading great books, studying different subjects and being in company
with great people can boost your mental growth.
3. EMOTIONAL GROWTH
“If we dare reflect on our own emotions, they can build our intuition
and fuel our every healing and our growth.”
We human beings are unique and different from
all of the rest lives because we can identify our emotions and even, we can
manage them. Everyone has to experience these emotions but the emotionally
grown is the one who can manage emotions very well. Now it is proven that emotional
management plays a major role in your success whether it is personal or
professional.
Reflecting on
your own life events, recognising and accepting the emotions as well getting
ready to change them promote your emotional growth.
4. SPIRITUAL GROWTH
“A life without problems would be a barren existence, without
the opportunity of spiritual growth.”
Many of you think that spiritual growth
is a part of second inning of the life. It should be considered after retirement.
Young or adult age is not for this. May people misunderstand spirituality with
being religious.
Spirituality is
not all about visiting the sacred places, following the traditions, attending
the sermons or reading the scriptures. It is simply finding your own self and
connecting to it. It is meeting to your being. It is knowing the purpose of the
life. it is seeking the peace of mind.
Meditation,
developing the self-awareness and living in the present help you to grow
spiritually.
5. SOCIAL GROWTH
Human being
is a social animal. You can’t live alone. You need to have people around you and
in your life too. It is a must for everyone to socialise for living happy life.
social growth is connecting well with the people. It is carrying the social
duties properly to create healthy environment in the society.
Effective
communication, developed interpersonal skills, understanding the people and following
fraternity, equality and liberty make yourself able for social growth.
Human beings have developed themselves in
different directions. They are extremely good in science, psychology,
technology, artificial intelligence and so on yet they are getting hard in
achieving the peace of mind. They are still struggling with living life at its
fullest form. The reason is clear and loud that they are changing externally.
They are stuck somewhere internally. The real happiness, peace and satisfaction
sprout out of inner self. They need to make a move inside.
Now is
the time to pause and peep into inside. It's time to realise, recognise and
reconstruct. It's time to focus on yourself. Now ignite yourself to get desired
life full of happiness and peace. Get set yourself on the way to the personal
growth.
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