What to do with your limitations

Accept your limitations and go free!

What? Aren’t we supposed to try to overcome our limitations? Aren’t we supposed to experience ourselves as unlimited so we can do and be who we want to do and be? Yes and no.

What if accepting our limitations in some circumstances actually frees us? Here’s an example. I have an 86-year old friend who has mobility issues and won’t use a cane to help stabilize her. My friend has always loved to take walks and is having difficulty accepting her body is changing. Walking isn’t as easy as it once was.  Recently, she fell and waited on the ground until some people walked by, saw her, and helped her. She didn’t use her phone to call 911 because she didn’t think she was injured enough. She ended up in the ER with black eyes, some stitches, and broken bones in her nose. She had a limitation she didn’t accept and suffered because of this.

If my friend had accepted the fact that she has mobility issues, taken greater care when walking, and perhaps used a cane, maybe she could have avoided the fall. My friend does not want to accept the aging of her body and some of the limitations that come because of that. If she could accept the natural aging of her body, make accommodations for herself instead of trying to power through her day, she could actually experience greater freedom - and, perhaps, stay out of the ER.

I’m not saying we should just give in to every little difficulty or challenge we have. It’s important to stretch ourselves. It’s important to develop our various talents and skills. It’s just as important to accept some of our limitations and be free of their consequences.

Take a look at your life and see where your various limitations are. Are there some where you would be best served by accepting and learning to live with them?And are there some you should try to overcome? There’s a big difference and both can set you free in different ways.

There’s great wisdom in knowing when a teaching needs to be interpreted to suit our circumstances and life purpose. Being able to discern when a limitation needs to be mastered versus when it needs to be accepted is a skill worth developing.

Living in Grace and Ease,

Krysta

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