What are barriers anyway? Barriers are anything or anyone that prevents something from taking place. Everyone during some point in their lives has faced barriers. There are barriers that prevent us from achieving goals of having successful marriages, businesses, healthy physical lives as well as obtaining education.
Let me help you recognize some common barriers from being a success in life. The most common barriers are located below:
1. Addictions. These are negative patterned actions in our lives that affect different areas of our lives. The addictions can be sexual in nature or an addiction to substances. Addictions takes away time in our lives that can never be replaced. Get help immediately to overcome the addictions you may have.
2. Poor financial State- Many people, due to lack of knowledge and/or discipline, have poor financial health. They are buried in debt and can’t seem to progress forward. Having poor financial health affects your marriage, physical health and so many other aspects of our lives. I recommend seeing a debt consultant if you find yourself in a huge pile of debt and am in trouble with creditors.
3. Unforgiveness- Many of us may have been hurt by the actions or words of other people. Due to being hurt, we hold those hard feelings against those individuals within ourselves. Many people do not move forward from the people and situations that hurt them. Engaging in these actions foster unforgiveness. This is not healthy and can led to health problems. Forgiving those who have hurt you releases you from being imprisoned. You receive a sense of relief and peace to live your life.
4. Pride- This is a huge barrier that causes you to believe that you are above all people. Pride causes you to not to be teachable. Pride pushes people away from instead of to you. You need to work with people because we are social beings. Pride must be replaced with humility. Success clings to be people who are humble.
5. Lack of balance- We all may wear different hats in life including being a mother, father, son, student and a professional. However, in the midst of having different roles, there needs to be balance as well. You must balance your life so that it includes faith, family, friends and fun. These are critical to enjoying life.
The common thread for these barriers discussed above is that all of them has to do with actions and inactions involving yourself. We are the greatest barrier to enjoying life and achieving success in every part of our lives.
Don’t get me wrong. We are not perfect. We are all ‘works in progress.’ We must begin to work on ourselves if we are to reach our fullest potential in life. We can not do it alone. It is going to the help of God, others close to us and professionals in order for us to become better people. By working together, the barriers can be removed, allowing us to live our lives without limits.
This is a very timely and helpful article.
I thank you for sharing it.
Continued success
Barbara Henry