I’ve been working on a list of beliefs (aka things to try on) that almost everyone seems to need to check in with to make their next best move toward freedom. Here is #1:
The only indicator of your value and of your success is that you Be. (Period.)
Your Being matters, matters, matters, no matter what.
Why is this so hard for us and how can we really get it–from our Souls to our toes?
For starters, let’s get some things into the log. You may know these things, but there may be a part of you–not to mention someone you know–that isn’t totally in on the deal.
Note: It helps to breathe while reading.
Society tells us–and then we tell ourselves and each other–that success is defined or at least evidenced by things like our income, how many people like us, our mood, etc. (See The Abundance Paradox for more).
What happens to your body and your feelings on the inside when you give yourself a moment to consider that maybe success is de facto? What happens to your interactions with others when you equate their Being with success?
Please try the above while breathing. Let the oxygen in your lungs feed the new-thought trial to your lung cells and then to all your cells beyond. Let me know what happens.
This is an especially useful belief to try on in times of difficulty (or TODs). Such times are seriously sacred for a number of reasons. TODs take us to a place where we can redeem our own true definition of success. For many, it is incredibly useful to consider that one’s being and experience matter deeply–all of it, exactly as is.
For those folks, we tend to find that this consideration provides the ground from which we can take our difficulties as signposts toward what’s next for us, what matters and how to make it come to life.
Of course, for those of us on the journey to True Humanhood, “coming to life” involves fruit–“externals” such as better work, relationships and joy. Let us not be afraid if a TOD comes to bless us with the reminder that these things are not what make us so dear. If we embody the re-blessing-minder, the TODs get more gentle–or at least (best?) more enlivening.
Embody. Rinse. Repeat.
With love,
Liz
