The words we say to ourselves matter. Any time I find myself thinking:
I overate last night. I’m starting to binge again. No agent will accept my book. I can’t wait for the contest results. Life is passing me by. I’m a failure. I’m not enough. I’m not. I’m not. I’m not.…
I switch it up with:
I am enough. I am golden. I am precious. All is well. I am loved. I am love. I am.
Quietude fills my head. My body relaxes. I breathe easily.
Phew!
It’s a habit, this distorted thinking phenomenon. And it is distorted, truly, for we are beautiful, incredible creatures, you and I. All of us, whether we believe it or not, are “fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Thy works, [those works include you and me] and that my soul knoweth right well [whether or not my head does!].”
Our souls know we are good.
The next time you catch yourself thinking distorted thoughts, replace them with I am enough. I am golden. I am wonderfully made. Say those words out loud and feel your body relax.
Your soul will sing, and so will all the angels and saints and heavens. You can’t help but be good because you are. Repeat I am enough. I am golden. I am wonderfully made throughout the day as many times as you need and your body and mind will respond in kind.
Let go of distorted thinking. Relax. And breathe.
And if I say: "Surely the darkness shall envelop me,
and the light about me shall be night,"
Even the darkness is not too dark for Thee,
but the night shineth as the day;
the darkness is even as the light.
For Thou hast made my reins;
Thou hast knit me together in my mother's womb.
I will give thanks unto Thee,
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
wonderful are Thy works,
and that my soul knoweth right well."
--Psalm 139