What Walls Have You Built Around Yourself?

by Odilia McLeod

𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁… 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳?

We hear the phrase limiting beliefs all the time. We know, intellectually, what it means. But I like to think of them differently.

I see them as walls.

Some walls are so close I can almost reach out and touch them. I know every crack and every contour because I’ve lived within them for so long.

Others sit much farther away. They’re barely noticeable until I try to do something that stretches me. Then suddenly they appear, quietly reminding me of the stories I’ve told myself.

The truth is, we are often our own limitation.

Sometimes consciously. More often subconsciously.

Our insecurities.
Our fear.
The stories we replay.
The belief that staying where we are is somehow safer than stepping into the unknown.

Those walls become the cocoon we hide inside.

But here’s the irony: what are they really protecting us from?
Living?
Growing?
Failing and learning?
Succeeding?
Experiencing this one life in full color instead of playing it safe from the sidelines?

I’ve spent a great deal of time examining the walls I’ve built around myself.

What I’ve discovered is that they aren’t permanent.

With self-awareness, honest reflection, and the willingness to uncover where those beliefs began, those walls start to move. They begin to crumble. And the farther away they become, the more room there is to breathe, to think, and to live life on my own terms.

I finally realized something that changed everything:
If I was the one who built these walls, I can also be the one who tears them down.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚… 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮?

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