3 Beliefs I Dropped for a Happier Life
Small mindset shifts make a big impact
The majority of the beliefs that guide our lives are ones we unconsciously absorbed during childhood. Identifying and questioning these beliefs is important to live a better life.
Here are three beliefs I consciously dropped for a happier life.
1. There is something I am meant to do
There is much emphasis on a person’s career in the US. Children are asked, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” The work done for money — a career or vocation — is defining. Lawyers, doctors, engineers, and many other professions are held in higher esteem than “other” jobs.
Since childhood, we have been told that what we do for work — or what we “become,” according to how it is phrased — is an essential part of our identity. How could we not believe this? We are asked about it constantly.
So when I thought about a “purpose” for my life — Divinely appointed or otherwise — I thought about a job. A career. A vocation. A. Singular.
I believed that there was one thing God had in mind for me — a task that was mine to do and mine alone. Any time I was “off the path” or not pursuing that purpose was a waste. There was a purpose for me: I had to find it, and then…
