What do you stop yourself from doing and why? Obviously, we should stop harmful actions toward others and ourselves unless we are defending self, citizens, and country. Harming nature, the environment, and animals should also be avoided. In addition, we don't want to inflict psychological harm. We stop ourselves from these behaviors because we are civilized and caring people.
We may realize how we should stop harming ourselves physically through poor diet, lack of exercise and other bad habits, but we may not realize how we are stopping ourselves by commission or omission from developing into a more complete human being. We may actually stunt our intellectual and emotional development.
Using sabotage in wartime is a way to interfere with our enemy's goals, but we can also sabotage ourselves throughout our lives. We either don't set the goal or place obstacles in the way of achievement. Limiting our thinking can limit our imagination of what is possible. Perhaps we were taught these limits as children that keep us from doing what our parents considered wrong. Perhaps our self-confidence was not nurtured or the value of practicality was overemphasized. We may have developed fears or wish to remain in a comfort zone. Or, we may just procrastinate and get lazy.
Only come to a complete stop when necessary. Being cautious to avoid danger is necessary, but look forward to continue your journey. Give yourself the green light and go.
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