Are You Addicted To Your Story?

 The stories that we attach to and define ourselves with, can be detrimental to our well-being and success. Many people have gotten caught in a loop of drama, chaos, and suffering because they keep attaching to and retelling their story. If the story defines them as a victim, a failure, or a misfortunate person, then they will keep finding themselves in situations that affirms the identity the person keeps feeding life to with their story – their perceptions and beliefs about themselves.

I asked in the title if you are addicted to your story. Yes addicted is a bold word. Yet there are people I have met who keep telling their old story of themselves, even if it was pitiful, sad, or full of tragedy, because they got something out of it. Perhaps their ego thrives on the attention, or the pity, or even likes the excitement of drama or conflict. These are the pain bodies running the show – not the empowered being of awakened consciousness. This is not to say you should never share your life’s experiences with others. That is healthy, that is fine. It is the attachment, ego identification, and defining your present moment with the realities of your past – over and over again, that I am saying is a dis-empowering way to live your life.

Most people I have met that are stuck in their story, continue to attract the same experiences over and over, yet don’t seem to awaken to the fact that they have the power to change it. Many of these people live in a cycle of failed relationships, financial struggle, illness, displacement, and so on....<<<Read More>>>...