John Lennon in his song “God” makes a list of things he doesn’t believe in to then say to all – he, who was the idol of his time – that he only believed in himself and Yoko.
So here’s my question : do you think that in order to believe in yourself you have to renounce first to all other beliefs?
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no its not necessary to renounce other beliefs but to stick to one act or belief that u think is most ryt! because even in believing in yourself there must be a single path or belief that you have to follow…
besides, it is a difficult task to be determined to yourself. And the one who achieves this way of living, has won the easiest way to live the life.
Hard to believe in one s self when others dont believe in you. we need others to exist and to boost our confidence. And believing in ourselves is a long-drawn-out exercise and training.
i dont know much about anythin but i do know ppl everwhere believe in one thing LOVE n if we startin there we must recognize the existence of a superior force in this universe capable to create such a thing in its pure state…
n answerin the question i think we dont have to exclude other beliefs in order to reaffirm ourselves cause is exactly for those things we believe we r who we r…
please don’t believe in yourself if your disposition is ill , most of the harm in this world has been caused by those who believed in themselves but were owners of a villainous self.
believe in yourself…4 little words in a big meaning..really believing in yourself is an important base to start the trip of adventurous life.. to be opened in ur ambitions..BUT..in order to believe in ouwerselves we must build a solid base to start from…it takes time:it will pains us when we feel sometimes lost we don;t know who we are and how do we think..after all that’s us we know who we are.. we believe in ourself..really you can’t tast sweet things without tasting the bitter taste …AND the most imporant starting is to believe in the power of god
your source of power and comfidence…and don’t forget the law of attraction:plant the postive things in your soul and your mind to believe stronger in yourselve.
What i believe in or dont believe in is what makes me ME… and i believe in God. Without Him i am nothing. With HIm i am everything.
believe in urself makes work easy ………..think so
In order to believe in myself I must renounce all that I believe in? When I take apart all that I believe in, what is left? Who am I?
great! a simple question with a very sensible meaning :)) thank you for throwing up the question! for my own opinion i believe that if you know yourself better, if you know the person within you whatever beliefs will not harm you.
In order to believe in One’self, first I have to love me first. I have to love who I am and what am worth. I personally don’t think that you have to renounce to all that you trully belive in. Except for all those thoughts or negative belives that at whatever point bring you down. To be able to truly belive in yourself you got to be brave, you got to be Confident. Courages enought to over come whatever comes your way and have the certainty that you can do it. That you are not to give up,but to move forward, with determination and persistance. :P
so to answer this question, my personal answer is NO. not all. Because not all in what we believe in is all bad. I will say if we were to empty or renounce of anything, will
only be the Negative aspects of what makes us not to believe, I am refering to all those Negative impulses that makes us doubt of who we are and derail us of what truly makes us happy and what we want to persue.
And once we get rid of all those negative thoughts we shall replace them with happy, positive thoughts, ideas that will give us hope, that will fill our hearts with courage and more belief. With more love and positivity so that we can built a better inner self and that way we can believe in ourselves even more to continue with a rightfull path. That of a True warrior.
Lots of Love and Purple Smiles
Genie_Girl
Toronto, Canada
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I hear John Lennon’s GOD often whenever I feel things aren’t happening my way. I let out some steam by rambling on and on where it went wrong and decry someone’s else action for that. The Beatles legend’s solo number then inspires me to be defensive and make me feel I alone is important, nobody else.
But then I realise that is Lennon’s reality which made him disbelieve everything but himself and Yoko, not mine.It’s just my perception not my reality. My reality is something else. I only human like others and prone to go wrong at any point in time. Therefore,I ought to take responsibility for my own actions, good or bad. I have to believe I am equally capable of both good and bad as i am not perfect. My ego may take over my belief but succumbing to it means I am vulnerable and insecure like anybody; I am not special to put myself above the rest. But yes, I should be insightful to see myself in the right perspective and accept my reality which I feel specially designed for me. If I accept this one BELIEF…I am sure I will grow over all my impossible fears in life.
Nooo, no esta reñido creer en varias cosas, lo verdaderamente dificil es creer en uno mismo, es mas facil poner tus ilusiones y deseos en algo intangible, que tal vez te falle, pero…..
Un saludo
Belive in yourself- is mean be live in your self: try to live and be alive in every second of your thought. Notice to every emotion, thought, desire, etc. carefully, peacefully. Thats help to understand better yourself. Is a way to bring alltogether your positive energy or emotion or power or as you so called it.
Is a little path that comes inside for changening whole around.
Is a simple. Is a challenge. Belive in yourself.
For me FAITH was always there in the Universe , so its a natural Phenomena … but BELIEF is built on the base of Experiences for that perticular Belief … So its man made …
creo que al estar sola empece a entender que no era así,tenía en mi una compañía que tenía que empezar ha conocer no fue fácil ya que empezé a verme como era, poco a poco descubrí lo bella que era al quitarme todas las creencias que había creado hoy mi prespectiva es suficiente
Always Believe…The Best is yet to come! The more optimistic you are towards your life..the better it keeps getting..
Je ne crois pas en moi , puisque tout le monde essai de me rendre plus faible que je ne le suis déjà , on arrête pas de dire a quel point je suis moche !
Belief is not a seperate thing, believing in so many things make our personality, Say God, loyalty to our religion, loyalty to our parents, duty to the society, serving the needful, mutual help etc.
I have to strengthen my beliefs on everything that I believe so i could believe in myself, my strenghts …
When we are born , we cry the other people lough.
When we die, we lough (because our life test was finished, time to arrive the other side) the other people cry.
So, if you feel lonely while being in a relationship, first of all its name is not relationship. The relationship
must be between (at least) two people. If you feel like that, that one (I don’t know what you can call it)has a big problem, from you or from the other side.
Believing in your self when no one else believes you is a beautiful thing. But when everyone believes you and you don’t have the courage to believe in your self,your dead.Believing in your self too much is another thing; it can swallow you.
Sometimes, it’s too hard to believe in your self when no one else does; but if you want others to believe you, you have to take the first step and show them what you’ve got.
I don’t know what is believing in myself means. I don’t think that a common has any dream at all. He just lives the day as it comes. He might be having small dreams like earning enough to have a home and food and other necessary things in life. For eg. I am a working single woman. What could be my dreams? infact there are many.. like I want to learn dance and become a great dancer or I want to write a book, I have started writing a story but could not complete. I wanted to start some business but I don’t have any fix idea..I don’t know what is my life’s goal is. so how can believing in myself help me?
@Vidya, You have to believe in yourself. That means you have to believe you can write a start with it, persuade, be patient and one day you will finish. It might take time, put perseverance and hard work and belief make things happen!!!!!!!belief makes you hold on to it and does not drop it!
Belief is the key word here…. “Believe” and everything exists…. Does it really matter if its true to you or to the rest of the world…?
when you are in a situation where you are experiencing the feelings of suicide,the bleakness of searching every corner of your own psyche and soul;you really are in no other position, these feelings will not go away for days on end, to the point that you are there to confront your deepest inner belief systems because that is when you have the realisation that if at that extremely difficult moment,your choice to believe in God,The Creator of All That Is can save your life; I can 100% confirm through my own personal experience that yes this will stop you from committing the most inhuman act of suicide; well that is being human.We are all here to believe when it really matters.Faith is not necessarily about religion it is however the discipline behind the action that does make those feelings of bleakness go away eventually and that is true healing.
great ! this comment really makes a sense thats true . I ask God to strengthen our beleif and faith forever and to maintain the trust in him even when the pressure is on !
believing in yourself is even a perception but not a reality. its a switch of mind that can be guided to believe yourself or don’t believe at all. more than this perception, that important thing is the reasons to support your decision of switching your mind to believe yourself or not.
different people can have different reasons to believe in themself to attempt something, regardless of the authenticity of their attempt.
since you have tagged your post with GOD, BELIEVE so my reply is that YES, it is very important to believe in God to strengthen your belief in yourself. The relationship between Man and God is a kind of relationship that the more you practice it the more it helps you to strengthen your belief in yourself and explore your capabilities.
Believing in yourself 100% is the same as not believing in yourself at all.
If you believe in yourself, you will test the waters.
i have had dreams and systematically they have been sabotaged by me, by some unseen power or by both. i wont say that my dreams are unreasonable or unachievable. the very fact that the thought has come into my head means that there is a possibility and plausibility of its fulfillment. the only person that has not allowed it to come to fruition, has been me, led by the universal unseen force that has manifested my actions to a null. but i yet have a dream, which not even I will be able to sabotage. i will not succumb to my own inaction or actions which will deprive me of living my dream. i know and i am convinced that i was born alone, i have lived alone and i shall die alone. i only need to conquer my own limitations and disabilities to achieve what i have dreamt of. and i am also convinced that despite being greeted by failure a million times, at all and every attempt of mine, i yet have the hope and desire in me to be able to get what i want from this universe. i have a purpose which i will accomplish while i sojourn this planet. and of all the people in this world, i want you to be a witness to it, to rejoice in my dream. u r the only one who besides god has faith in me.
with ref. to ur quote “i am convinced that i was born alone, i have lived alone and i shall die alone”…. is it ok to feel lonely while being in a relationship…
..even though we all are same in the way we born or die, its the hope of doing well those little acts which will ultimately let us to accomplish the things we wish to achieve gives a meaning to our life.
and this acievement is made possible when we believe in ourselves, believe in those little acts.
wish u the good of all things.
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