Be Who You ARE, not Who You Aren't!!!
Posted on June 27, 2012 by Brian Woodworth, One of Thousands of Life Coaches on Noomii.
Why is it so easy for us all to believe something that we AREN’T but yet it is so challenging to believe something that we ARE?
While working with a couple of women who said “I just don’t believe that I AM…” or “how can I convince myself that I AM…” an interesting thought came to me.
Do you remember the time in your life when you felt as though you could conquer the world and nothing would stop you? Probably the time when you were a youngster and life just happened. No worries or reasons to stress. Then one day something was said or something happened that interrupted that idea.
The first time this happened it didn’t faze you in the least and it felt SO uncomfortable because it went against EVERYTHING you believed. The second time it was said it may have impacted you a little more but still not enough to change your belief. The third, fourth and fifth time it was said or the same thing happened you started saying “maybe there is some TRUTH to this”. And then there was that one time that made it real for you and YOU believed it from that point forward. YOU now had a new belief that went against everything you once thought and now you live your life with this new belief (which is probably BULLSHIT).
What is "that” for you?
What have you been told that once went against what you believed?
What did you once want for your life before it was interrupted?
If we want to BE someone or have something we must first start telling ourselves we ARE who we want to be and we DESERVE whatever it is that we want.
If we want to be “Lovable”, “Approachable”, “Beautiful”, “Sexy”, etc. etc. we must first allow ourselves to say that we are “Lovable”, “Approachable”, Beautiful” and “Sexy”. Even if we don’t believe it at first we MUST continue to tell ourselves this in order to start believing it. Once we start believing it then WE can start FEELING it which is when the real magic happens.
At first it may feel EXTREMELY uncomfortable but that will pass once you tell yourself enough. When you heard for the first time that YOU couldn’t rule the world as a kid it was uncomfortable. Why do WE believe it will be any different in the reverse situation? When something is uncomfortable to us we have to keep pushing forward and telling ourselves that we ARE. I CAN. I WILL.
As uncomfortable as any new thought or belief is, WE must first keep telling ourselves that WE ARE before it can become comfortable hearing it from someone else.
Why spend time telling ourselves that we are NOT someone or something when we could spend the same amount of time telling ourselves we ARE someone or something. Sounds a hell of a lot more fun and fulfilling doesn’t it?
So my question to you is WHO ARE YOU? WHAT ARE YOU? WHAT CAN YOU DO? WHAT WILL YOU DO?
Allow yourself to BE whatever and whoever YOU want to be. YOU already ARE! YOU have just forgotten it. Remind yourself of the greatness within YOU.
Shine on great humans!
