Limitations
‘…limiting laws, rules or circumstances, boundaries, caps, confines and controls.’
All life forms and processes have limitations. There are the fundamental limitations of natural physics; the law of gravity, for example. And there are the imagined limitations of the psyche; like fear of success or fear of failure.
There are outstanding and inspirational examples of people who have challenged their limitations: Helen Keller, Stephen Hawking and Temple Grandin are some that come immediately to mind. Their stories are well known to most of us.
Then there are everyday people like Rob Mendez, a successful high school football coach who received the Jimmy V award at the ESPY’s last week. Born without arms or legs he said as part of his acceptance speech…”I am here and if there’s any message I want to give you guys tonight, it is look at me…when you dedicate yourself to something…and focus on what you can do instead of what you can’t do, you can really go places in this world.”
All the people mentioned above still had limitations that required, indeed, demanded that they live within their physical boundaries. What they all have in common is a strong belief that they could live a full, satisfying, rich and abundant life in spite of those limitations.
“We all have things that limit us and that challenge us. But really, our real limitations are the ones we believe.” ~Amy Purdy
We all have our personal limitations and challenges. This week I invite you to inventory your limitations, separating out those that are fundamentally implacable from those that are intellectual and/or emotional fabrications.
“The human body has limitations. The human spirit is boundless.” ~Dean Karmazes
Blessings!
