Blocks--Everybody's Got Them

It's been awhile since I've updated this blog. The reason, I ran smack dab into my blocks.

Blocks are those things we develop over our lives that get in the way of being our truest, most authentic self. Blocks and sumounting them is similar to negativity vs. positivity (is that actually a word?) but with a different context. Personally, I was doing well focusing on the positive until I ran into my blocks. Then all bets were off.

Mental health is a combination of genes (normally the least important factor) and behaviors that have resulted, almost exclusively, from the way we were parented. People who were positively parented, e.g., received a lot of encouragement, positive attention, admiration, and respect when they were growing up are almost always mentally healthier than those who were negativitly parented, e.g., neglected, criticized, ridiculed, ignored, disrespected, and abused--verbally, physically, and sexually. With few exceptions (genes can come in here), the more positive the parenting, the mentally healthier the person. Few of us were optimally parented. Therefore, blocks that keep us from reaching our potential, develolped.

Blocks can take many forms. A few examples: "why bother trying, I'll only fail," "I'm not smart, good, outgoing (substutute quality) enough to do that," "I can't do that without Mother/Father's help." You get the idea. And we all have blocks of varying kinds and degrees. When we run into our blocks and get stuck by them, we can't manifest our natural gifts, callings, talents, and spirit. We're just stuck.

Not that these internal messages are conscious. If they were, we might have better control over them. Instead, they seep into our subconscious where they hide to exert their insideous influence. It's only after stopping to analyze what's going on, that we discover these little gremlins, knawing away on the quality of our lives.

My own blocks are along self-confidence lines and result in depression. Often, I don't feel like a competent grown-up so stop trying and climb into a little hidey-hole. It's not a pleasant place to be, that's for sure.

This morning, I had this incredible thought, "What might I do and how might I act if I didn't have these blocks? How would I be different?" One answer was, "I'd update my blogs!"

Try asking yourself that question. You might discover a way around or through your own blocks!