What get’s dragged alongside the self-help wagon that slows seeker’s progress is manifold. The burdens of these purported “insights” are false truths that can further confuse you on the path toward Illumination. Many are shrouded in positivity, presenting themselves in a manner not easily discerned as detrimental. The one we focus on today is the mantra that you can follow your “passion” and do anything you set your mind to. Unfortunately this is just simply NOT TRUE.
Following your passion seems like an ideal mindset especially when you’ve found a focus for your drive. Also, when your passion is the correct one, life is loaded with fulfilling experiences that further your wisdom and joy for being here. Yet, all too often, our passion is something that’s actually out of the reach of our skill set and exceeds our rationally deduced limitations. Due to some self-help “you can do” it jargon and the “power of positivity” you can be convinced that certain paths are possible. In the end though, you’ll find that it wasn’t possible after all, jading your spirit and diminishing your internal fire.
SoulKind know that we do have limitations and the best means of achieving our goals in life is to seek the ones that are well within the boundaries of what we’re willing and capable of doing. Not everyone can be a performer, architect, physicist, business owner, etc. You have to find the extent of your abilities and dwell within the means those abilities provide. If you believe this is untrue, just watch the many reality contests filled with aspiring performers whose physical or mental abilities in no way match their passions. It may seem disconcerting to be told you suck at a lot of things and you possess occupational limitations but if you reflect on it, you’re just not accustomed to being told a blaring and very overt fact.
To go a step further, we are often deluded by our aspirations, not knowing if something is what we want until it’s been gotten. From a student seeking a degree only to be faced with a total disinterest in the subject to business owners pouring all their time into a venture that they end up hating, many aspirations aren’t tempered by a strong sense of rationale. Unfortunately some of us don’t have the capacity for self-governance professionally, others don’t have the intellect for more erudite professions, and yet others will never be able to exceed their physical limitations in order to become a professional in varying sports. This isn’t a negative observation as much as it’s a detour sign that helps you discover real contentment within the realm of your ability.
When you face the fact that you suck at a lot of things it buffers the pedestrian presumptions that lead you down wrong paths. The earlier in life you know your limitations and abilities the longer you’ll be able to experience the activities that work in alignment with your life. Another benefit of this knowledge is that it narrows down your opportunities; in turn providing a more efficient means to find what is most conducive to your most fitting skill/passion. Once known and inhabited, you’ll be committed to an endeavor that is special in its own right because an untold amount of others won’t have your much needed skill.
To summarize, it’s a positive thing to realize that within the broad spectrum of opportunity, we suck at most things. Either it’s because we just aren’t fit for the job or our paradigm doesn’t match the experience. Rationalizing the depth of our abilities in tandem with gauging the resilience of our character will go a long way toward phasing out the options that don’t match. This in turn will lead to a further and further narrowing of the field of opportunities that do. With this in mind, you will quicken your discovery process and enliven the field of opportunity that is best suited for you without being drawn by the myriad false illusions manufactured by self-help aphorisms.
Your Soul is immortal and an extension of the unlimited divine, but the vessel it resides in has limitations. Own those limitations and set yourself free to adventure within the vast playground of what you ARE capable of doing. There you’ll find much greater happiness than chasing dreams that were never intended for your amazing skill set anyway.
