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Letting Go Of The Need For Approval To Discover A Life You Truly Love.
Growing up, I wanted nothing more than to please the people that I deemed had authority over my life. Even into my early adult years, I found myself succumbing to doing whatever I could to make others happy, instead of myself.
And the most interesting thing that happened throughout those experiences was, those people were never happy, because to truly be happy with anything, you have to be happy within yourself.
I am extremely pleased to say, that lesson has guided me forward in every decision that I make for myself. Truth is, nothing can make me happy, unless I decide to be, independently happy regardless of anything outside of me. That is the only way! Now, this article is about the very thing that can step in the way of that happiness, the need for approval.
The need for approval is a psychological disease that can rob anyone of their self-confidence, self-esteem, or self expression. It throws out the resonant feeling of what one feels in their hearts, at the expense of pleasing an outcome that can be completely misaligned with the individual. Often times this becomes a habit for most of us, but it does not have to be. We can step into our own personal power and change the course of how we operate in life.
