Life Maps

The beliefs we hold are the maps we use to navigate through the variable choices we are presented with each and every day. These maps allow us to make decisions efficiently, and mostly, effectively.  We compare the current situation to a previous, simular one and make a decision based on that.  It is not different than the process we go through when we are planning to travel a familiar route.  We do not check a map.  Most often we do not bother to consciously think about the route we need to take.  This happens automatically. However, sometimes our life maps or beliefs work against us, leading us to limit or sabatage ourselves.  There are many quick fix remedies in the popular literature today that leave one feeling like a failure; the promise of these remedies are not realized.  You can't just change them by covering them up with positive affirmations.  Our subconscious must first believe an affirmation before it will replace an old defeating belief.  And no amount of repetition will convince our subconscious otherwise.  This does not mean being condemned to a life of self-defeating beliefs.  More on this tomorrow.