Criticism comes naturally to me. I impose my judgment sometimes without a
second thought and can easily wrap people up and shove them into little boxes
in my mind. I’m an equal opportunity
‘criticizer’ because I do the same thing to myself. I condemn myself and frequently find the
internal finger wagging at me saying ‘shame on you’.
Rather than putting myself down and reproaching myself for
this behavior, today, I choose to recognize with gratitude when I am sowing
shame. Awareness is a gift and having it
helps me to change what no longer works for me.
I will open my heart to release the inner exile and embrace what has
been pushed away and judged unworthy. It
is through acceptance, not exorcism, that healing comes to me. It is through understanding and encouragement, not criticism, that I change. When I do this for myself first I will then be able to genuinely pass it on to others.
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