Re: limiting yourself

The Parable of the Talents (Matt 25:13-30) seems to tell you that your "talents" are given by God for you to develop, and when you do it, he will be happy so do you, and when you do not do it, he will be unhappy so do you.

If you limit yourself, then you will not recognize your talents and then you will not develop them. This will make God unhappy and thus you also become unhappy. (your becoming unhappy may be, in fact, the work of your conscience because it knows what you are doing is not good.)

Then, why would you limit yourself, which cause you to be unhappy?

Is it because you don't want to be challenged on the way to pursue your talents?

It is true that being challenged may not give you good feelings especially when you are defeated by that challenge.

So, maybe it is because you would want to avoid those bad feelings of being challenged and being defeated. In other words, you wouldn't want to face yourself.

If so, then the solution will be to have someone who you can love more than yourself. When you love that someone, that would give you power to naturally go beyond your fear of facing yourself.

Someone said, "Believe in yourself." Believing yourself will help when you have and know someone who believes in you.