So I’ve just had this “light-bulb” moment where the truth
has smacked me right in the face. I
carry around with me huge self-limiting beliefs which, I am sure, I am not
alone in doing. We all carry ingrained
ideas of what we are and what we are not; what we can do and what we can’t.
My belief is that I am no good at any one thing and
therefore not as popular as those who excel!
There, I’ve said it – I’ve admitted what I feel. Of course, logically that’s a nonsense as I
know I can do many things and some I can do quite well. Yes, I have friends and a few that want me for me and not because
I come as a package with a group of others.
But, you see, I’ve always grown up with the belief that I do
not excel at anything, I am just Mrs Average.
I was never brilliant at school, or sports – just average. And the other self-limiting thing I do is
compare myself to others – her cakes are always lighter than mine, his writing
is so much more interesting than mine, her intuition is so much sharper than
mine, and so on and so on. Because I’ve
always carried these beliefs it’s made me feel, if you like, second best – why would anyone want me to do something for them when she can do it
better, why would anyone want to be my friend when so-and-so is much more
interesting and fun. And then I start to
look around for things that have happened that confirm those thoughts. You begin to see how I have perpetuated this
notion?
Well, no more. It’s
now time to shed these beliefs and start to grow into the person I really
am. Yes, there will always be people who
can do things better than I can, but that doesn’t mean I am not good at doing
them. Yes, there will always be those
who are more popular than me, but that doesn’t make me any less
interesting. OK, at the moment I don’t
feel that I excel in any one thing, but that’s because I haven’t found that
thing yet. My own beliefs have held me
back.
I am now letting go of those old beliefs, they are not
helpful to me. From now on there are
endless possibilities and opportunities for me to shine, and I will.
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