Beliefs Control Capabilities by Diya Choudhury

I believe that one’s belief controls their capabilities. I think that most of the things we do, that we might not be “capable of” or “good enough” at, and think that there are other people that are better and somehow stopping you, is a wrong idea, and is a misconception. There will always be people that are better than you and are a big competition to you. But that does not mean that they are more capable than you are, it just means that you are not allowing yourself to completely accept your mistakes or obstacles that will always be there with you. I think when people start thinking that just because they failed at something one time, there is no point in trying. When people start believing things like “there is no point of trying” or “there is nothing to lose”, they start giving up and actually failing things. I started understanding and believing this after I had a dream. This particular dream, was the weirdest and the shortest dream that I’ve ever had. In this dream, I was in a small cubical room with dim lighting, where I was sitting down on one side of the table, and there was another me sitting in front of me, on the other side of the table. I found myself saying “I want to be a therapist” even though that idea crossed my mind only a few times and, I have never seriously considered it as my career. Then, my other self that was sitting in front of me said “but you have too many problems of your own”. This seemed something funny when I woke up and remembered the dream, but later, I started thinking about the dream and started realizing that it was me who was telling myself that I could not do it, and not anyone else. Right now I feel great about the realization I had, and how I took my time to actually think about it and analyze it because now every time I think of giving up because I think I am not good enough or capable enough, I just remind myself that if I believe that it is important or it will matter, then I will be as capable as everyone else.