Live with growth
Understanding and improving oneself over time in order to reach one's full potential is known as personal growth.
A person's growth, maturity, success, and happiness are all greatly influenced by their personal development.
Health on all fronts—emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual—rests on it.
Importance of growth
Michelangelo described sculpting as follows: "(in) every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it."
As Hitendra Wadha mentions, within each of us is a "lovely apparition," a pure, beautiful form, our Inner Core.
We are invited by life to "hew away the rough walls" that contain it so we can bring that true self into active expression in all our pursuits. Every struggle we go through on the outside becomes a crucible in which our inner life is tested, refined, and perfected. This is the essence of Growth, to grow in tandem on the inside and the outside, inner transformation driving outer transformation, and vice versa.
Growth invites you to recognize that behind your outer Purpose lies an inner one: to use your limited time on Earth to deepen your connection with your Inner Core.
Growth does not require that we sacrifice the outer pursuit of excellence. Instead, it invites us to make every outer victory linked to inner victory so that in the process of becoming a great scientist, artist, athlete, doctor, politician, scholar, engineer, entrepreneur, executive, or frontline worker, we also end up becoming a great human being.
What power does growth have on us?
Growth motivates us to continue changing in response to the dynamic situations of life. Every setback, failure, loss, dry spell, ambiguity, unfairness, and boredom serves as our teacher.
We stop judging our experiences as good or bad and instead simply ask of them, “What are you trying to teach me? How do I change from this? Adopting such a mindset allows us the bravery to keep progressing and to take on roles for which we may initially lack much proficiency since we are confident in our ability to learn and advance.
Growth encourages us to "keep on keeping on" and to forgive ourselves when we fail in our efforts to achieve better. Growth promotes potential for the future rather than focusing on the failures of the past.
Review your growth
Invite the presence. Example, deep breathing, or meditation-to help you get centered. Feel the peace within.
Flow with gratitude. Reflect on the day that has just passed, and let gratitude flow into your heart. What special gifts has life brought to you over the course of the day? Revisit those moments. Even if your day has been challenging, there are always things, small or big, that you can be grateful for.
Review the day. In what moments of the day did you feel centered in your Core? Were there occasions when you got triggered? What impact did your being centered or triggered have on you, and what impact did it have on others?
Plan for the day ahead. Turn your mind to the coming day. How will you stop yourself from being derailed by triggers?
We have the motivation and the tools to become the best versions of ourselves due to personal growth and development.
Ironically, rather than making us more self-centered, personal progress broadens our frame of reference to include those around us.
Our awareness of the opportunities and possibilities in our immediate environment grows as our globe does. As we begin each new day, this possibilities mindset gives us an attitude of enthusiastic expectancy.