Beth's
Ponderings
Is there a
particular phrase that you have always wanted/needed a particular person in
your life to say to you?
Are you waiting for
someone to tell you that they are proud of you?
Do you long for
someone to tell you that they love you?
Maybe you want
someone to give you permission to do something that you (secretly) have always
wanted to do?
Is what you need to
hear most include “I see you” or “I hear you” or “I believe you?”
Do you need to hear
from someone that they forgive you, or perhaps you need to hear someone apologize
to you?
Or, is the phrase
that you want to hear more than any other simply “thank you?”
How long have you
waited to hear that particular phrase?
Is the person that you long to hear it from even part or your life, or
still alive?
As humans, we have
a part of us that longs to hear phrases of love or validation from others. We look to those in our lives around us to
say what we feel we so desperately need to hear so we live our lives more
completely.
Yet, the person we
MOST need to hear these phrases from isn’t anyone in our lives, but OURSELVES.
If you want someone
to say those phrases to you, it’s because you aren’t saying them enough, or at
all, to yourself!
The person you
REALLY want to be proud of you...is yourself.
The person you really want to hear say “I love you”...is yourself. The person you really want to get permission
from...is yourself.
You could write the
phrases on post-its or a card that you could carry around. Yet, “hearing” the words is more important
than just seeing them, why not record yourself speaking them so you can play
the audio. But, an even better practice
would be to stand in front of a mirror as you say the phrases to your
reflection so you can really soak them in.
Beth
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