Compliments

What prevents us from receiving compliments?  I think our beliefs about ourselves, other people, and the world hold us back from accepting and acknowledging others’ approval and support.  If I don’t believe I am of worth and value, it’s very hard to take in your admiration of me.  If I distrust others’ honesty it’s almost impossible to take what you say as truth.  If I were to believe you, I might have to change my perception of myself and you.  That can be scary stuff and might rock my world. 

Despite the consequences, today I choose to listen to the feedback I receive and notice when I push away from hearing positivity about myself.  I will ask myself what belief tells me this isn’t true and is it a belief that serves me or limits me.  I will be curious about how my world may change if I actually believed what I'm being told.

Living in the Extremes

Today I will be aware of the moments I am stuck in black or white/good or bad/all or nothing thinking.  I will put myself in the shoes of each position to acknowledge the truth that is held there and then try to find a compromise between the polar opposites rather than falling into judgment of right or wrong.   I will stand up for what is necessary and needed and let go of what is ‘ego’, fear, or power-based. 

Dealing with Distraction

Distractions abound and pull me in so many different directions at once.  Sometimes they prevent me from taking time to know what I need or feel, sometimes they eat up my time so responsibilities get set aside, sometimes my head is spinning so much that I lose touch with my sense of purpose and direction.  Today, I will breathe and attend to one thing at a time.  I will focus on being present in the moment and tune down the dial on the noisy chatter of my monkey brain.  I am here and now.  It is from this grounded and centered space I choose to move forward into this new day.  Ah, silence.  It is good to be here.