I was so adamant for so long that I didn’t like any of these foods. Full disclosure - one or two may still be a bit of a work in progress! In fact I was probably in my early 20’s before I would begin to revisit these foods over and over again. Just for a morsel or two. They are a staple of many cultures ... I kept thinking there must be some sort of deliciousness I was missing out on.
The revelations didn't happen overnight, it was gradual. I was stuck in the “I don’t like” story (cue the eye roll of the wiser woman).
When I moved to “just let me have a little try”, my world started to explode and expand with taste sensations, a maturing palate, & extra health benefits.
I had literally been missing out all these years. Unbelievable!
Maybe it’s a matter of conditions being in a certain way before we get to appreciate anything. If we are not ready to receive, or be enlightened by or engaged with something, there must be a blockage, or some sort of armour that stops us from seeing and believing what is often quite accessible and available.
When it comes to food, it could be a bad memory, bad experience…or maybe no matter how hard we try to like something, we just don’t. Like me and coffee. My nose loves the smell…taste buds … not so much.
But when it comes to other things - are we quick to dismiss or judge because something might challenge us or put us out of our comfort zone?
Feelings are good. They provide us with information. But if we never challenge our default mechanisms, we won’t ever step into an unknown that may hold some little bit of magic that just might open a door to an expansive way of thinking or being.
What is holding you back?
Many obstacles are self imposed and once we see that these are figments of our imagination bound by scarcity or trepidation or fear of not being good enough, or not being perfect, or we are swayed by others’ opinions, we have the capacity to choose otherwise.
Self limiting beliefs suck the life out of us. Are you putting the most important thing in the world - YOU - below someone else’s opinion? Is it your own? I know I have done that in the past. I have also been quick to form an opinion of another without getting to know them fully. It’s not just food, or other seemingly inconsequential things that this applies to. It is Life.
I want to look back in retrospect and know I questioned myself. Questioned what I thought I believed about anything. Regrets aren’t useful to ones life except as a way to change moving forward. I know I would regret not believing in myself enough to challenge the status quo. And if I don’t believe in me, then why should anyone else?
Are you adding value to your world or diminishing it by not being open to the possibility of…something other than what you choose?
In the world of…
“I can’t”
“I don’t”
“I never”
How could you be with things if you started with…
“What if….?”
Our self limiting beliefs can not only stop us from savouring taste sensations.
But also the sensations of living into the full experience of life.
As always
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Until next week
Love Mon