Thank yourself for being you. Often, we are so overly outer-focused that we miss the miracle of our own existence. You are here to discover and enjoy who you really are.
The more you appreciate yourself, the easier it is to feel and follow your heart’s wisdom. Your heart is your greatest navigational tool for life.
Are you at peace with who you are?
You can only ever be you, no matter how much you sometimes wish that weren’t the case.
One of the barriers to appreciating yourself is self judgment. When you judge yourself, you lose precious moments and turn down dead end roads. Self judgment is a habit, stuck in old neural pathways formed from past, painful events.
You get what you focus on. When you focus on survival, that’s what you get. You survive. You just get by with the relief of nothing terrible happening. Joy is a luxury for a survival mindset. Joy is essential for a thriving mindset. Open to joy and thrive.
Many of us have a story that we tell ourselves from time to time that is outdated, misleading and negative. Some stories are rooted in a core wound or traumatic experience. Our stories our painful traps that we fall into, until we wise up. Focus on your intuition rather than your story, and trust your deeper knowing.
If you want to feel inspired and alive, focus on what you most deeply desire and notice what happens. Do you feel excited, nervous or conflicted? Our deepest desires can trigger our fears.
As one year rolls into another, dreams that still beckon, unfulfilled desires, intentions and goals drift up into our mind and heart. We long to see them fulfilled and feel glimmers of possibility shimmer in the silence between doubts. Honor your deepest desires; start with how you want to feel.