Repeat after me, “I am worthy of _________.” Fill in the blank with whatever comes to your mind. If we spoke to others the way we speak to ourselves, we wouldn’t be long for this world, I imagine. We are bullies. We beat ourselves up WAY too often. And yes, I’m talking to you, Ms. Sixty-Something who says you’re past all that now. You know deep down, there’s still that nagging little witch who’s been there since you were 12. You can’t fool me. Now, maybe you’ve toned her down 1000% and that’s great. I know I have. But she still pipes up every once in awhile with something totally inappropriate.
I’m doing this free 21 day meditation series with Deepak Chopra and Oprah on “Shedding Weight”. I was pleasantly surprised when it began with something far removed from the bathroom scale. It began with something you cannot measure…ridding yourself of toxic relationships. Believe it or not, if someone makes you feel bad about yourself, you can release that person from your life. If you do not, and you make yourself miserable, that is a choice. And then you proceed to beat yourself up even more because you don’t make the break. Are you not worthy of emotional freedom? It’s a vicious cycle, this. Break free!
I am of the thought that before you break away, you should exhaust every avenue at making a friendship equal. But if you’ve tried everything, you do have permission to take care of yourself.
The meditation series goes on to talk about bad memories that we carry around with us like dragging bags of garbage behind us every single day. If you are holding onto the way your ex treated you years ago (OK, I have been guilty of this) you are not living in the present moment. If you are worrying about something that may or may not happen in the future that is beyond your control anyway, you are not living your life…here, now. When you focus on this very moment, then the past thing isn’t really here anymore. It’s a memory…a story we tell. To others. To ourselves. It is gone. It is done. Let it go. And the future is entirely unpredictable. Don’t try to live there. It’s like trying to stand on a bowling ball. Plan as best you can, and let it go. I know…easier said than done. But being still and listening for God’s whispers keep you grounded… here. This is the only moment there is.
When we think ourselves unworthy, we have raped our own hearts. God loves us. He didn’t create junk. He created unbelievably beautiful creatures in His image. Of COURSE you are worthy! Remember Whose child you are! Straighten that crown, darling…and hold your head high!!!
Repeat after me…”I am worthy!”
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“What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?”
Matthew 16:26 NIV