Instead, we are advocating for our lives.
For our capabilities.
For our endurance.
For our craft.
I mentioned briefly in my post about unique ways to practice gratitude, but my mom was a person who held tightly onto stories that would solidify over and over what she couldn’t do. What she wasn’t capable of. What she couldn’t handle.
And it got to a point where no one could help her but herself. No one could even inspire her toward change.
It hurt because I could see her potential. I could see different paths and outcomes for her, but unfortunately, that’s not how her life turned out at all.
I vowed to never feed myself unhelpful stories so long that they become my truth.
It’s what I want for you, too.
If you have some beliefs about yourself and your life you’d like to change, grab a journal or sheet of paper and jot them down.
Then write a new, more empowering belief for each one instead.
If the new beliefs feel like lies, try adding these to the mix:
I am in the process of…
I am the type of person…
I am becoming…
I am beginning to…
These should add a bit of a bridge and cushion to the beliefs you desire to believe about yourself and your life without you mentally wanting to slap them away and dub them BS.
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Good medicine and a timely reminder.