A man can never rise above the thoughts and beliefs registered in his mind. Our convictions and persuasions play a huge role to a very large extent in shaping the outcomes of our lives. This is why we must be extremely careful with our minds and the things we allow into them, for they have a way of making or marring us.

If there's anything that has the propensity for influencing our thought patterns, behaviors and convictions, it's our environment. A great deal of the beliefs settled in our minds are the products of the inputs we've received from our environment.

And when I talk of environment, I'm not referring to the inanimate structures and topographical features that constitute your place of dwelling. Environment goes beyond geography and physical tangibility. It's the people we're surrounded by that make up the environment I refer to here. Family, friends, peers, local community are those we should be picturing here.

The utterances of our environment are not vocal; they're communicated via certain values and beliefs everyone within the influence of that environment knows and accepts subconsciously.

Your environment gives you the benchmark with which you measure your life.

It tells you what height is possible for you to reach and what height is beyond your reach.

It sets the boundary of the things you should attempt and the ones you should never dare.

It whispers to your ears the class you are, and shows you those above your class.

The utterances of our environment are many, and we all know them deeply in our hearts.

What has your environment been whispering to you? What are the sayings it fills your ears with? It's time to revisit the orientations you borrowed from your environment, and sift through them. The good and healthy things can remain, but the unhealthy barriers and limitations it places on the horizons of our minds must be done away it. For it's flight time and you cannot afford to be encumbered by these weights.

This is not another principle to be greeted with a casual nod of the head. You know why? Because AS A MAN THINKETH IN HIS HEART, SO HE IS.

Rooting for you,
J. Ebute (Penwielder)

Thanks for the write up. It was a good read.