The other day a friend of mine made the comment that she knows a lady who has made prayer her "self-talk" each and every day. I thought, "How cool is that?" When I researched self-talk a little bit more I realized that there are thousands of studies and articles about how self-talk can totally define a person. "Motivators" are often brought in to competitive athletic teams to help them with their own self-talk as it makes such a difference on the field. Often children who struggle in school are riddled with negative self-talk. The list goes on and on.
Then, I started to wonder what my own self-talk is.? So, I have been listening to myself and my mind alot lately. I realize that most of the time I am kind of down on myself. I say things to myself like, "Man, I wish I would have been able to finish this, or do that." I say things to myself like, "What did you really accomplish today? Was it that important?"
Not good. And so, starting today, I am starting a new revolution of positive self-talk for myself. Here goes...
Dear Self,
You are an awesome lady. And even though your hands don't work as quickly as your mind does, you are important to the well-being of yourself, a wonderful husband, and four rockstar little boys. Even though you get frustrated in your imperfections, and never feel good enough, YOU ARE MORE THAN GOOD ENOUGH! You are a great friend. You love to serve other people. You love to do fun, creative things. You are smart. You are funny. You are spiritual. You are a daughter of God. Have a great day!
Sincerely,
monica
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
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You are wonderful...keep on talking to yourself...You are the best!!!! I love you.
I love this post! It's also very interesting that you would make a post about this because a lady that I work with is VERY BIG on self talk. She can give studies and statistics on the power of self talk. She says that by the things you say you can literally make come true for the good or for the bad. It has been extremely intersting to me! I too have been working really hard on my self talk and also on using positive good words in general. I think you are doing great! You are an amazing person and one that I admire and look up to!
Isn't is interesting how what we say to ourselves affects us so much? Well, keep talking, sister - you ARE wonderful!
wow.... thank you!
Love that! It's hard to self talk positively!
Love this post. And you are a great friend. I love you!
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