Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. Markus Zusak, I am the Messenger
Do you sell yourself short? You know what I mean. You don't allow credit to come your way for something you've done that's pretty great, you refuse to acknowledge your successes, etc. See? You DO know what I mean. As we keep ignoring the successes in our life and camp at the places of failure we eventually live "down" instead of "up". We begin to work at lower levels of capability, we don't try as hard in the areas where all we can camp on are the failures - be that parenting, weight loss, work performance, relationships, etc. And maybe you have tried to live "up" but someone in your life is a voice that keeps you "down". Those kind of people require a backbone from you. You must grow one, recognize you have worth and can live "up", and stand up to their voice of negativity with a resounding voice of courage. Or maybe you have the voice of living "down" in your life rather than "up". Knock it off. We are usually pretty deceived to our true selves - in all ways. So risk hearing hard and good things and ask someone who you think knows you pretty good to speak into your life. Ask them to tell you ways they see you living "up" or ways in which they see the potential for you to live "up". Take what they say about the ways they see you living "down" and begin the work of believing that you are worth it, you can live beyond where you are standing right now, and you have the abilities to do so. Living beyond where we are at right now starts simply: believing you can.
Do you sell yourself short? You know what I mean. You don't allow credit to come your way for something you've done that's pretty great, you refuse to acknowledge your successes, etc. See? You DO know what I mean. As we keep ignoring the successes in our life and camp at the places of failure we eventually live "down" instead of "up". We begin to work at lower levels of capability, we don't try as hard in the areas where all we can camp on are the failures - be that parenting, weight loss, work performance, relationships, etc. And maybe you have tried to live "up" but someone in your life is a voice that keeps you "down". Those kind of people require a backbone from you. You must grow one, recognize you have worth and can live "up", and stand up to their voice of negativity with a resounding voice of courage. Or maybe you have the voice of living "down" in your life rather than "up". Knock it off. We are usually pretty deceived to our true selves - in all ways. So risk hearing hard and good things and ask someone who you think knows you pretty good to speak into your life. Ask them to tell you ways they see you living "up" or ways in which they see the potential for you to live "up". Take what they say about the ways they see you living "down" and begin the work of believing that you are worth it, you can live beyond where you are standing right now, and you have the abilities to do so. Living beyond where we are at right now starts simply: believing you can.
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