2 Thessalonians 2:2 "That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand."
Your mind doesn’t want to be uncomfortable, so it runs from discomfort constantly. The problem with this is that, by running from discomfort, you restrict yourself and only partake in the activities and opportunities in your comfort zones. Since your comfort zones are relativity small, you miss out on most of life’s greatest and healthiest experiences, and you get stuck in a debilitating cycle.
-You can disappoint people and still be good enough.
-You can fail and still be smart, capable and talented.
-You can let people down and still be worthwhile and deserving of love and admiration.
Everyone has disappointed someone they care about at some point. Everyone messes up, lets people down, and makes mistakes. Not because we’re all inadequate or incompetent, but because we’re all imperfect and human. Expecting anything different is setting yourself up for confusion and discontent in your mind.
The next time you catch yourself wallowing in self-contempt, remind yourself that you were not born feeling this way. Somewhere in the past some person or experience sent you the message that something is wrong with you, and your mind internalized this lie and accepted it as your truth. But that lie isn’t yours to carry, and those judgments aren’t about you. In the same way you learned to think negatively of yourself, you can learn to think new, positive and self-loving thoughts. You can learn to challenge those false beliefs, strip away their power, and reclaim your self-respect. It won’t be easy, and it won’t transpire overnight, but it is possible. It begins the moment you decide there has to be a better way to live, and that you deserve to discover it. Make that decision for yourself in your mind.
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