{"id":1663,"date":"2022-10-16T21:48:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T20:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/?p=1663"},"modified":"2022-10-16T21:48:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T20:48:59","slug":"nihil-volitum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2022\/10\/16\/nihil-volitum\/","title":{"rendered":"Nihil volitum\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2026Nisi praecognitum<\/em>. This is one of the few phrases I know in Latin, and it roughly means that you cannot desire what you do not know<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Monkey<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It came to my mind today, along with this other phrase I read in a book by Laura Chica: Accept yourself. Love yourself. Improve yourself. In this order.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Very often in the world of personal development, we want to start at the very end: we become obsessed with trying to improve, overcoming our defects, and \u201cfixing\u201d the parts of our life that we don\u00b4t think are going well. We try to change our \u201cbad habits\u201d just by using willpower, making huge efforts along the way only to get poor results that are not sustainable. It\u00b4s as if we were trying to swim against the tide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wanting to change, to evolve, to improve, is a very positive thing. But if we approach it from a place of judgment and self-criticism, then all we\u00b4re really doing is beating ourselves up. Loving and accepting ourselves as we are is the necessary previous step for any long-lasting and successful life change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But of course, this is much easier said than done; how can we get to the point of accepting and loving ourselves? The answer also comes to us from old wisdom, this time in Greek, through the famous inscription that used to decorate the front of Apollo\u00b4s temple in Delfos: \u03b3\u03bd\u03c9\u03b8\u03b9 \u03c3\u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc\u03bd<\/em>. Know thyself<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It makes sense, doesn\u00b4t it? How are we going to love ourselves if we don\u00b4t even know ourselves? The better we know ourselves, the more we will understand ourselves, it\u00b4s that simple. As we dive deeper into the adventure of self-discovery, we will start becoming aware of what motivates us and what scares us, what our deepest desire is, why we do what we do (and what for), and it will become easier for us to forgive, accept, and finally love ourselves. And once we love ourselves, change happens from the inside out, without the need to force anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, instead of starting at the end as so many times before, I encourage you to start at the beginning, by looking at yourself in the mirror and setting out on your inward journey:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Know yourself, accept yourself, love yourself, improve yourself. In this order.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…Nisi praecognitum. \u00c9sta es una de las pocas frases que conozco en lat\u00edn, y m\u00e1s o menos viene a decir que no se puede desear lo que no se conoce. Hoy me ha venido a la memoria junto con esta otra frase que le\u00ed en un libro de Laura Chica: Ac\u00e9ptate. \u00c1mate. Sup\u00e9rate. 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