Remember when you could run a seven-minute mile? Wore a size 2? Could live on five hours of sleep a night?
What if these and many others things like them that you tell yourself on a regular basis are really just lies to avoid accepting yourself for who you are now? If you quit saying them, could you embrace your reality, could you be kind and loving to you?
And if you did, might you be better than who you thought you were?
It is easy to get caught up in the past. It is about who you were, but your memories might be tainted. Maybe things in your life aren’t going very well. Struggles with a lover, unsatisfying work, body image, bank account a little low. Not surprising you might wish for what was. Not surprising you might think the past held better times. Maybe it did.
What if you could change now? The good news: you can. How? Think differently. You are better than you were or you wouldn’t be here now. You are better than you were because you have experience. You have more knowledge. You know what you really want, but did you know that your thoughts create your reality? What you focus on is what appears in your life. The more you think your life is crap, the more crap appears in your life.
Start by thinking of all the good things in your life. Write them down. Put a sticky note on your mirror to look at when you brush your teeth. Stay focused on the good things. Like attracts like.
Before long, you will realize that life is better than you thought it was.
Loving Your Sh*T 