Fabulous You!
We are all human and we have our human days. The best part is that we also have our super-human days! Do you remember to celebrate those? It all comes down to perspective. Which pair of ‘PERSPECTACLES’ are you choosing to wear?
I want you to picture in your mind the kind of day when a carton of milk is dropped on the floor, you are late for a meeting due to traffic and the dog gets loose and doesn’t come home for hours.
Not your favorite day ever, right?
In situations like this, it’s easy to look at the circumstances and see that they are just out of your control. It’s not your fault.
Now, let’s look at a day when you go to a class, but you just don‘t comprehend the lecture. Or how about the day when you have a great new idea to share, but someone finds a flaw in the plan and shuts it down. How about when you have been really great about not eating excessive sugar and then your very favorite dessert on the planet is placed before you and you get second and third helpings.
Who do you blame now?
Unfortunately, you blame you. Worse yet are the things you call yourself: loser, stupid, incapable, weak.
That’s the real flaw… The blame game!
We are all human and we have our human days. The best part is that we also have our super-human days! Do we remember to celebrate those? Just as importantly, do we cut ourselves some slack when its just a regular human day? All of this comes down to your perspective. Which pair of ‘perspectacles‘ are you choosing to wear?
Negative impressions can take up to 60 to 80 percent of our thoughts about ourselves. Why is this such a bad thing? Those voices inside our head are what we come to believe! We start to make those negative thoughts a reality.
‘The Law Of The Mirror’
The 3rd Law in John C. Maxwell’s book “The 15 Invaluable Laws Of Growth” is ‘The Law of the Mirror.’
He states that:
“You must see value in yourself to add value to yourself. There are few things that impact a person more than the way they talk to themselves on a day to day basis.”
So, how are you living this law?
Track your self thoughts for a week and see which way the scale tips.
If its in the negative direction, try this exercise:
Find a picture of yourself from when you were 5 years old or younger.
Place it somewhere that you will see it often.
When that negative thought train starts running through your mind, look at that beautiful child.
Would you use the label “loser” or “ugly”? Nope! You wouldn’t. That child is still in there, but in the grown up model. And he or she deserves the same respect and LOVE as when you were younger.
Why Did I Title This “Fabulous You”?
Because that is who you are! You are the only YOU that was ever created and you are a gift to this life.
Celebrate your wins all along the way. Its easy to celebrate the big ones, but don’t leave out the cheers for the small ones too!
In all of your humanness, YOU are Fabulous!!