5 Things That Will Really Improve Your Life

Tonya Shepherd
4 min readJan 20, 2022

1. Love Yourself

What is the true cost of not loving and honoring yourself?

Take a moment to really think about this question.

Consider this.

🌝Actions | True Cost | Opportunity Cost🌚

“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” ~Warren Buffet ~

Here are four more questions.

  • What kind of value are you getting for the prices that you are paying in your life right now?
  • What are the opportunities that you are losing because of your actions right now.
  • What is the TRUE COST for everything that you are either gaining or losing in your life right now?
  • How will this TRUE COST impact your future. Will you win or lose based on your decisions or indecisiveness of today?

Now, please consider this.

When a person does not know how to relate to their own mind. Their mind becomes an evil witch and gets over into negative thinking. In the truest sense witchcraft is the misuse of the mind. It’s when the mind turns against the individual, and their thoughts become their enemies. Nothing outside of you can hurt you, unless it finds a root within you. You must do away with all this negative thinking about yourself, because it’s the root cause of the stagnation of self-rejection and self-hatred.

Everything begins with your mind, and this is why you never want to allow others to manipulate or control it. Whether you are right or wrong, you must always reserve the right to think for yourself, and make your own decisions and mistakes. Never fear failure. Mistakes are how we learn and grow. You can’t succeed at anything until you learn how to do it first. You can’t learn anything new, if you never try. Therefore, if you never try, you will never succeed.

Own who you are, and learn how to love and respect it.

2. Forgive Yourself

What have you done in your life, that is so bad, that you must be miserable forever?

We must learn how to accept the wrongs that we do, and forgive ourselves without minimizing them. Meaning, yes, I know that I was wrong for this or that. I acknowlege it, learn from it, and forgive myself .

Consider this.

There are no perfect people in this world. Mistakes are how we learn and grow. You must not apply someone else’s image of you to yourself. We are changing every moment of the day, for better or for worse, with each decision that we make. Just as we cannot play and win today’s game of life with yesterday’s rules. We cannot expect to be confident and secure in ourselves by applying someone’s else’s standards to our lives.

Today, we must make the hard decisions. We must make the decision to forgive ourselves, learn from our mistakes, and move on. Two different things cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Therefore, we must make the choice to either be miserable or be happy. Meaning this. No one can make us happy. Happiness is an internal resource. The first step to utilizing this valuable inner resource, is self-forgiveness.

3. Declutter

Declutter your environment. Get rid of everything that you do not absolutely need, or don’t really like.

When we declutter our environment, it is a subtle ritual that allows our minds to do the same.

Get rid of all that you have that is weighing you down. For example, if you have gained or lost weight. Get rid of those old clothes. If you lose or gain weight in the future, you can enjoy shopping for new clothes that aligns with your updated style and taste. Donate your old clothes to someone who needs them right now. Don’t allow your mind to dwell on “One day I will be able to fit these again.”

Get rid of all the stuff that you are not using, and know deep down in your heart that you will never use. You will be amazed how this small ritual will change your life. Get rid of all these old things that represents the old you, and prepare for the new upgraded version of yourself.

4. Let Go of The Past

Regardless of how good or bad that the past was. We cannot change it.

The past is a psychic memory imprint that we give life to by giving our energy to it. Meaning this. The past no longer exist anywhere except in your mind.

When we refuse to let go of the past, we recycle it in our lives. It has been said, that those who forget the past are destined to repeat it. I disagree. My opinion is that those who refuse to learn from their mistakes, and the mistakes of others are destined to repeat the past, because it recycles through them.

Our world is full of people who remember the past, and still repeat it.

The goal of life is to wisely and intelligently advance to our highest purpose, not to regress into negative cycles.

Keep the wisdom of lessons learned, but let the past go.

5. Let Go of Whatever Is Hurting You

Contrary to popular belief, true love does not hurt. There is nothing that is painful about it.

What hurts are relationships built on the predator and prey paradigm. Where there is only a master and a slave; a taker and a giver. That has nothing to do with true love. It’s careless, cruel treatment that borders on the dangerous and diabolical.

Toxic relationships do not just have to do with people. We can have a toxic relationship with our career, our religion, food, alcohol, and numerous other things.

Whatever is hurting you, you must love yourself enough to let it go. When you let it go, take an honest inventory of your life to see why you allowed it in the first place. Do this so that you can replace it with something that contributes to your overall Absolute Wellbeing.

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Tonya Shepherd
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I am an interfaith Ordained Minister; an Accredited Professional Life Coach; a Personal Growth Consultant; Life Strategist; and Reiki Master.