Why not celebrate just because it’s day 9? You made it to another day, and anytime you wake up above the ground and your name isn’t in the obituaries, it is cause for celebration.
Personally, I think we spend a lot of time feeling down because we feel like someone else put us there. Not so! Every day is a choice. And we can choose not to be a victim. Easier said than done? Maybe. Some of us have a lot going on inside of us that needs healing and puts us in a place that basically leaves us walking around like one big bruise. Others are not to blame for our own discomfort. That may be a hard pill to swallow, but even when someone has intentionally harmed us, each of us must still find a path back to a healing place on our own.
The first step is to step back and ask yourself why you feel harmed or hurt. The next is to identify that hurt as something that belongs solely to you.
My video today addresses the victim that exists in all of us. Society tells us that when we feel attacked we should fight or flee. In some situations that behavior is our natural survival instinct and yes, by all means, we should pay attention to that instinct and allow it to guide us away from harm. With that said, there are times when we have to pause before we react to an assumed attack and ask, “What is the person I perceive is attacking me really upset about?” Then ask why we feel we are being attacked.
Thinking, feeling, and acting from a healed place allows us to open up to the love that is inside of all of us and extend it to others. In doing so, we heal and so does the other person. We are no longer victims and attackers.
The work is not easy, but when we do it, we regain control of ourselves. And self-control is a strength.
Holding you in a loving space as you go throughout your day today…
Christina
