It’s Time to Break Down Our Walls

Aaron Marque Jacques
ILLUMINATION
Published in
3 min readJan 12, 2021

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Photo by Nolan Issac on Unsplash

I’m sure you have heard it before: “in order to rebuild your foundation, you must first break down your existing walls”. But how many of us consciously understand that statement?

I see too many people wanting to change their lives, attract positive people, meet their soulmate, find their true calling, etc. while being stuck in endlessly repeated cycles, or in their eyes; continual failure. Trust me, we are all human and deal with this equally, even I do.

But it isn’t a failure at all, in fact, life is designed this way. It is designed to teach you lessons by throwing hurdles your way, so you are able to expand your consciousness and rise above your obstacles to become your true self and advance onto the next lesson.

In order to become your true self, you must be able to see these cycles so you’re able to rebuild your entire foundation in order to overcome what is holding you back, which is ultimately you, your belief system, what you’ve been taught, and your subconscious mind. As an individual, you have everything you need in order to succeed. You just need to find the ability to overcome your shortcomings.

For example, if you grow up in an environment surrounded by people who yell and raise their voice in order to get their way (which is often just an unhealthy way of taking control of a person or situation)…

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Aaron Marque Jacques
ILLUMINATION

Writer and editor. Part human, part machine, all caffeine. Follow me on Instagram for all my other projects! @aaronmjacques.