{"id":1050,"date":"2014-03-20T08:38:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T12:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esteelevinson.com\/site\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2014-03-20T08:38:24","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T12:38:24","slug":"isnt-time-start-thinking-outside-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.esteelevinson.com\/site\/isnt-time-start-thinking-outside-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Isn&#8217;t it time to start thinking outside the box?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Invariably, when we fail in the mission or aim we have set for ourselves, we are looking for someone to blame.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, going against others is much easier than dealing with ourselves &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>So, we immediately look for someone to blame: he did not believe me, she did not help me, it all happened because of him ..<\/p>\n<p>Looking for scapegoats never does any good. On the contrary, when we are full of bitterness, we are creating a hostile environment &#8211; not supportive!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to take the &#8220;wheel&#8221; back to our hands &#8211; our lives are our sole responsibility!<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no one to blame!<\/p>\n<p>However, that does not mean it&#8217;s time to beat ourselves up!<\/p>\n<p>The choice is always ours: I can wallow in anger and bitterness or say to myself, never mind, I can try again.<\/p>\n<p>You can always get out of the &#8220;box&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>How many side does the box have?<\/p>\n<p>Seven.<\/p>\n<p>Really?<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s the right and left, back and front, up and down, and one inside.<\/p>\n<p>Where is the problem?<\/p>\n<p>The problem arises in the way I see the box and the meaning I give to what I see.<\/p>\n<p>When I go out of the box, it allows me to have a new observation about my situation, I create something new &#8211; the eighth side of the box.<\/p>\n<p>I myself create something that was not there before.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes we need to let ourselves go, and just forget about everything, so we can get inspiration or enlightenment and remove ourselves from where we are, to a better place.<\/p>\n<p>You must let yourself go &#8211; only then can something new be created.<\/p>\n<p>When you can&#8217;t find a way out of a problem, you must allow yourself to forget about it ..<\/p>\n<p>As you become more stuck with the problem before you, so will you sink deeper and the solution never comes.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of focusing on the problem, get out of the box, look for solutions, that&#8217;s when salvation will come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invariably, when we fail in the mission or aim we have set for ourselves, we are looking for someone to blame. 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