Thank you so much for your thoughtful comments on my last post. I have really taken your advice to heart, and here's what I'm thinking right now:
- I will start with baby steps.
- I will avoid vocalizing my negative thoughts.
- I will pray consistently for guidance and strength to change.
- I will seek out affirmations that are believable to me, to start.
- I will be more forgiving and nurturing toward myself.
I'm feeling positive, and that is such a good thing.
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You're feeling positive? That is a great thing! I think your art journal is a great way to explore your affirmations while doing something creative at the same time (win-win eh?).
Hey, that is great! I love seeing people's art journals, and I think I would love to have one too. I'm just not sure I know how to be creative that way. Is it something you kind of just do and go with the flow? Anyway, I wish you lots of luck in this new endeavor to change your negatives into positives.
Love that you feel positive and that you are going to dig out the art journal. Jessie's is inspiring- anything goes is such a liberating feeling when creating.
I just read your original post and then this one. So many great comments. You are truly loved. I did have one thought, as someone who definitely struggles with this. I just read a great book about a woman's struggle with her challenges something that I got from it was this idea that we say meaner things to ourselves than we would ever say to anyone else. It's very small, but before I say something negative about myself, I pause to consider whether I would ever say that to my sisters or nieces or friends. Generally, the answer is 'no' and so I stop. (I wish I could just naturally not do it, but it's a serious effort and sometimes it makes me really sad to think about how mean I am to myself...but it's a process).
I think you are amazing! I remember, after running into you at the grocery store, feeling a bit like I'd met a celebrity. It's totally true!
Art Journal? Sounds fantastic! Sounds like you are going in the right direction. I love to learn from one another - thanks for being a great teacher!
I love you.
michelle this is fantastic. i will follow your advice too. good job
Michelle I think the art journal is a great way. I have been doing that of and on as well and am finding it a great way to release tension and negative thoughts. Plus a great way to feel creatively alive. It is fun to just play. You can do it michelle. Thanks for the reminder to keep going.
I'm a bit glad I came to this post late. I enjoyed reading everyone's comments along with your post. Much good advice, I hope that I can take some of it and be better at some of these things myself.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I know this is a little late coming, but every night before I go to bed I read a thought from One Bright Shining Hope by President Hinckley. It's so nice to go to bed with such happy thoughts in your head.
I've also got friends who smack me on the shoulder when I start speaking negatively about myself. Maybe you could deputize Jill ;)?
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