Keep the fire burning II

Last month I wrote a little piece called Keep the fire burning! Today I realised that it might also be helpful if you could recognise things that will extinguish your inner flame.

Your inner flame will die if you:

associate with people who criticize you all the time,

associate with people who can’t see your inner beauty,

only think in terms like ‘I need, I must, it must be done’,

gossip,

try to be nice all the time,

can only see obligations or alleged obligations,

lie to yourself,

eat too much all day, every day,

spend too much money (on things you don’t need)

waste time,

want to be somebody you are not,

fake it,

live in fear,

judge others,

are late for meetings, dates and appointment,

look for approval and confirmation,

don’t communicate,

judge yourself,

not consider other peoples feelings,

don’t take the time to appreciate the things you have,

depend on others to make you happy,

believe that others are better then you,

ignore your innermost desires,

are to accommodating,

set no boundaries,

don’t take enough you time.

Free yourself of (some of) the things mentioned above and life will be a lot brighter, lighter and warmer. Let the blazing fire grow!