2/28/2023 0 Comments Life is an inside out experienceSome of the most harmful conversations we engage in are conversations we have with ourselves.
Circumstances get tough and we're often the first ones telling ourselves they are TOO tough. More often than not circumstances don't turn hopeless because they ARE hopeless, they turn hopeless when we begin telling ourselves they are. It's easy to forget some days what an inside out experience life is. It's easy to get up in the morning and begin wondering what the day is going to bring my way instead of considering what I'm about to bring this day. We are all looking for cheerleaders in life, people who will help us believe we have what it takes. What cheerleader, though, can compete with the cheerleader inside of us telling us we never will? In the bible we are called to be strong and courageous. That is not the same as never feeling afraid. That is not the same as never feeling discouraged. That calling is a call to never let our feelings have the power to write the story of who we are. Feelings can be allowed to write the story of how we feel, but they can not be given authority to write the story of who we are. Because I have personally discovered, once you give them that authority, our feelings are slow to hand us back the pen. Feelings love being THE story; they hate simply being a part of it. I have felt it a few times the last couple of weeks. I have felt discouraged. And I have quickly acknowledged - that's a very real feeling that does not tell the story of the very real me. We can all do that. We can all say, that's a feeling, that is not me. We can all recognize that feelings come and go, but I'm going nowhere. You don't have to wait for the circumstances of this day to show up and tell you who you are. You can decide that before you ever crawl out of bed. The day will try to convince you otherwise. But you are your best cheerleader - you are your best conversation - you tell yourself and then you tell your day what your day needs to know about who you are. Life is an inside out experience. Be kind to your insides.
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