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Instead of sitting on a heap crying about how your life didn’t turn out the way you wanted it to, why don’t you have an honest conversation with God about it and see what happens.
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Instead of wishing your life was different and judging all the people in it (including yourself), why don't you realize that the past and the people couldn’t have been any different and find it in yourself to forgive.
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And then it grew into:
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If you are struggling with self worth and allowing yourself to be abused in any shape, way or form...find your worth inside, so that it doesn't matter what others do. So that you don't allow another's actions to define you, confine you, diminish you, destroy you. So that you don't need to go search for acceptance in dangerous places or feel that you have no other choice but to stay in it. Choose to act from a place of love (and self love) instead of fear and running away. Allow yourself to see your abuser's vulnerability, remove his/her power over you and forgive both your abuser and yourself. Take a moment to sink into the hurt, the shame, the fear. Acknowledge it...all of it. Then choose to let it go. And live your life from a place of love. Be vulnerable. Be strong. Set yourself free.
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If you have become an angry person...You are never angry for the reason you think you are. What is really the deeper issue? Anger is a manifestation of fear. Fear of what? Fear of rejection. Fear of loss of control. Fear of vulnerability. Anger is a defense mechanism. It's also an energy that you send out. Choose to send positive energy into the universe instead of negative. ["Don't put anything out in God's universe that you can't look in the mirror and be proud of. Stop it." - Iyanla Vanzant"] Choose to react from a place of love, not a place of fear. Fear breeds anger, breeds hurt. Choose to stop the cycle of hurt. Be vulnerable. Be strong. Set yourself free.
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ALSO:
“Create what you want as apposed to being stuck in what you didn’t have.” - Iyanla Vanzant -
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(C) Photograph/art MJ Calitz, 2010& 2011
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This post started as:
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Instead of sitting on a heap crying about how your life didn’t turn out the way you wanted it to, why don’t you have an honest conversation with God about it and see what happens.
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Instead of wishing your life was different and judging all the people in it (including yourself), why don't you realize that the past and the people couldn’t have been any different and find it in yourself to forgive.
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And then it grew into:
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If you are struggling with self worth and allowing yourself to be abused in any shape, way or form...find your worth inside, so that it doesn't matter what others do. So that you don't allow another's actions to define you, confine you, diminish you, destroy you. So that you don't need to go search for acceptance in dangerous places or feel that you have no other choice but to stay in it. Choose to act from a place of love (and self love) instead of fear and running away. Allow yourself to see your abuser's vulnerability, remove his/her power over you and forgive both your abuser and yourself. Take a moment to sink into the hurt, the shame, the fear. Acknowledge it...all of it. Then choose to let it go. And live your life from a place of love. Be vulnerable. Be strong. Set yourself free.
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If you have become an angry person...You are never angry for the reason you think you are. What is really the deeper issue? Anger is a manifestation of fear. Fear of what? Fear of rejection. Fear of loss of control. Fear of vulnerability. Anger is a defense mechanism. It's also an energy that you send out. Choose to send positive energy into the universe instead of negative. ["Don't put anything out in God's universe that you can't look in the mirror and be proud of. Stop it." - Iyanla Vanzant"] Choose to react from a place of love, not a place of fear. Fear breeds anger, breeds hurt. Choose to stop the cycle of hurt. Be vulnerable. Be strong. Set yourself free.
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ALSO:
“Create what you want as apposed to being stuck in what you didn’t have.” - Iyanla Vanzant -
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(C) Photograph/art MJ Calitz, 2010& 2011
2 comments:
My friend your words sunk deep into my heart tonight. I can't tell you what reading these wise words meant to me. I felt I understood them on a deep personal level. I have been, am, in the place you describe. Your words comforted me on this evening. Thank you for sharing such hopeful thoughts.
Hugz,
John
hi John...sorry I haven't been here in a while. But so glad that my ramblings found someone who needed it. I am still dealing with this issue. Seems like the Universe is either very pushy or very patient with me. I can't decide which. haha.Hope you are finding your own inner wisdom and peace of mind my friend.
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