Negative Self Talk
“All the misery we have is of our own choosing; such is our nature.” - Swami Vivekanand I recently stumbled upon this quote, while at first, I was infuriated on how can we choose our own misery. My first thought was that am I choosing to get hurt by someone, or being cheated by someone. But it also made me question my miseries too. Is it really possible that we choose our own miseries ? Although I still can't formulate a concrete answer, thinking about this made me realize a few things which I would like to share with you all. Let's start with a question, how often do we find ourselves talking to ourselves negatively, or criticizing ourselves and how often do we talk to ourselves in a positive, affirming tone and praise ourselves ?? While thinking about this myself, I realised, it's almost never that I talk to myself in a positive, affirming tone or praise myself. Life is inherently filled with obstacles that are outside of our control, but what adds to these obstacles in...