There is a parable about a poor
man walking through the woods reflecting upon his many troubles. He stopped to
rest against a tree, a magical tree that would instantly grant the wishes of
anyone who came in contact with it. He realized he was thirsty and wished for a
drink. Instantly a cup of cool water was in his hand. Shocked, he looked at the
water, he decided it was safe and drank it. He then realized he was hungry and
wished he had something to eat. A meal appeared before him. "My wishes are
being granted," he thought in disbelief. "Well, then I wish for a
beautiful home of my own," he said out loud. The home appeared in the
meadow before him. A huge smile crossed his face as he wished for servants to
take care of the house. When they appeared he realized he had somehow been
blessed with an incredible power and he wished for a beautiful, loving,
intelligent woman to share his good fortune. "Wait a minute, this is
ridiculous," said the man to the woman. "I'm not this lucky. This
can't happen to me & I don’t deserve this ." As he
spoke...everything disappeared. He shook his head and said, "I knew it I knew
it I don’t deserve this
," then walked away thinking about his many troubles.
What's sadly true is that
so many people believe they don't deserve best things
in life when in
fact wishing tree in our
life is very much
ready to give
us but we continue
to ignore and we derive
happiness out
of chasing and
dreaming and we are convinced that this
may not be real .
The
Best and deserving thing
may be different for different
people be it money for
some , or a great job, or a fabulous home, or a trim fit body or tons of
energy and wonderful health. The negative ego is great at convincing us
that we don't deserve certain things, and then shows us proof - not really but
it looks like proof. What you might not realize is that the negative ego
is what has created a life that looks like you don't deserve.
My line of argument
is we get what we think about,
whether we want it or not and why
not try for the
best and there is good chance for
you to be
there where you want . Wayne Dyer one
of my favorite author who
has written book called
your ‘’ Erroneous zone ‘’ writes
in his new book "Excuses Begone," "I Don't Deserve" is an
excuse. He says it comes from the lack of self-esteem. Makes sense
doesn't it? If you don't have self-esteem, you don't
feel like you deserve to have love, money, health, etc he
says you desesrve the
best things , Instead of
asking I don’t
deserve why not
ask why not
ME .
Dr. Dyer further writes "This excuse (I
Don't Deserve) is based on a belief in the validity of your unworthiness.
It's as if a part of you wants to protect you from (what's assumed to be) the
unbearable pain of feeling that maybe they're right, and I don't deserve it.
If you ask that part of you why it's doing this, it will have good
reasons. But those reasons are, in effect, lies, and functioning by their
edict means that you're living a lie. You don't earn worthiness - you're equally as deserving of all that this
glorious world offers as anyone else is."
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