Often we find reasons
not to do something,
focusing on all the reasons
why that something could do us bad.
And as we’re paralyzed by the reasons
not to do that something,
we ignore all the reasons
why that something would do us good.
What reasons are you basing
your decisions on?
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We wanna be grateful
because we read everywhere
that being grateful
is what it takes
to be happy.
We name 5 things
each day
we feel
we should be
grateful for.
But as we go through
the motions
of filling a page
with items that should
make us feel abundant,
we can’t stop feeling
lacking,
alone,
unfulfilled and
sad.
But being grateful
doesn’t mean
halfheartedly
listing
all the things
we believe we should
be grateful for,
when all we wanna do, is
vent, judge and
cry.
Being grateful
needs
us to go to that space of
ugly, mad and
sad.
Because feeling grateful
can never come
from a place of
pretend and make believe
that all is well,
when that is not
how we really see
where we are in life -
right there,
right then.
Being grateful needs us to
courageously name
all the things we are not
genuinely
happy about.
Being grateful needs us to
be honest
with our selves,
gently blowing a sense of relief
through our veins,
as we give up
the charade of
pushing ourselves
to happy
from a place of pretend ok.
Because that honest place
of seeing the ugly
frees up the room and space
to see the beauty,
however counter-intuitive that might sound.
Allowing us to go to that honest place,
gives us the breathing space to
lovingly
see our selves,
however counter-intuitive that might seem.
Allowing us to go to that honest place
gives us the groundedness to
wholeheartedly
see even the smallest thing that feeds our soul
right now.
Because gratitude is not about
making a long list
of things
that actually don’t speak
to our soul,
coming from a place of
pretend
happy
chasing more
happy.
Gratitude is about
letting
our souls
speak
to us
coming from a place of
unconditionally
unapologetically
accepting
where and who we are.
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This is part 2 in a double-take poem about worry, dissecting worry in all the ways we often make worry work against us. And the powerful ways we could make it work for us.
Part 1 is right here.
Worry is a friend in disguise -
underneath its ramblings – just wanting us to feel safe,
connected and loved.
Worry is an ally,
pointing out pitfalls,
potholes and pain points.
Worry is a relentless teacher,
spurring us on to look through the fog,
behind the confines of what’s comfortable to us.
Worry is a grounder,
forcing us to get better at standing up for ourselves,
stepping out of the hamster wheel of draining thoughts.
Worry is a horizon-widener,
challenging us to finding a fresh invigorating perspective
and an empowering story to tell ourselves.
Worry is a connector,
driving us to reach out to other people that have been there too,
for their ideas, their insights, their helpful experience.
Worry is an action-activator,
needing us to put our assumptions to the test,
because that’s the only place we can learn what works and what doesn’t.
Worry is a decision-booster,
emboldening us to make up our own minds
and cut through the draining chatter in our minds.
Worry is a clarity-forger,
demanding us to draw our own lines,
so we can wholeheartedly live our colorful truth.
Because.
Worry is a shape-shifter,
being what we make it to be,
taking as much room as we decide to give it.
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Worry is a uninvited guest,
flooding us with restlessness,
paralyzing questions and worst case scenarios.
Worry is a thief,
stealing our peace of mind,
natural confidence and best ideas.
Worry is a fog-sprayer,
blinding us for opportunity,
fresh ideas and solutions.
Worry is a smooth-talker,
making us believe we haven’t got what it takes,
never had and never will.
Worry is a saboteur,
presenting us with unsurmountable problems,
impossibilities and closed doors.
Worry is an isolator,
creating the illusion that we’re the only ones struggling
and shaming us into hiding our behind-the-scenes story.
Worry is an action-deactivator,
making us procrastinate,
getting us lost in its maze of obstacles and hurdles.
Worry is a liar,
making us believe we are powerless,
resourceful -less and talent-less.
Worry is a self-eraser,
talking us into being who we are supposed to be,
dutifully coloring within the lines that others set out for us.
But.
Worry is a shape-shifter,
being what we make it to be,
taking as much room as we decide to give it.
Because…
Check back for 9 ways
we can make worry work for us
– instead of against us –
next week, right here on the blog!
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Loving ourselves is not
shouting to ourselves
that we should be better,
smarter, bolder, funnier,
more happy, more excited, more loving,
more interesting, more beautiful, more successful.
Loving ourselves is not
shutting ourselves up when we wanna tell ourselves
what we really want,
our dreams, our hopes, our desires,
our guilty pleasures, our joys, our fascination,
our boundaries, our no’s, our dislikes.
Loving ourselves is
allowing ourselves
to question the shouting voices,
to point out what went right (not just what went wrong),
to list what is (not just what isn’t yet),
to show how far we’ve come (instead of just looking all the hurdles ahead),
to own our strengths (instead of being blinded by theirs),
to treat our setbacks with nurturing gentleness (just as we would theirs),
to honor the effort we put in (regardless of the result).
Loving ourselves is
allowing ourselves
to be brutally honest with ourselves,
to figure out what we like and don’t like (instead of copying their likes and dislikes),
to want what we want (instead of what we think we should),
to not want what we don’t want (even though they tell us we should),
to find out what makes our heart sing and soul soar (even when it seems silly),
to value what makes us us (instead of wanting to be more like them),
to go after our dreams (instead of sticking to daydreaming and regret).
Loving ourselves is not a one off thing.
A switch we flip after which our lives will magically change -
for the rest of our lives.
Loving ourselves is a daily practice.
A series of small steps we take – one tiny step at a time -
for the rest of our lives.
That’s where the magic is.
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