Believe in Yourself, Believe in Your Worth

Do you know who you are? Do you know how very amazing you are? Have you discovered how special you are? If you haven’t, you’re in the right place! Far too often, people are walking around feeling so much shame, inadequacy and hopelessness. They’ve yet to realize their awesomeness! It makes me really sad. I find myself driving past people and saying silent prayers for them. I do not know their story, their desires or if they even need my prayer. I only know that everyone needs someone to believe in them–even if that someone is someone they’ve never met and have no idea is rooting for them! What I found in my journey is that the person who we need to believe in the most is ourselves!

Years ago, I struggled with self-assurance issues. I could not get enough reassurance from others. “Am I doing ok?” “Did I get it right?” “Is it good enough?” At the time I had no idea what self-belief and self-discovery even were! I was very lost! And I remember the feelings that I felt often while I was lost. I remember that I doubted myself, I felt depressed, I felt insecure! As a result, I could not chase after my best life because I was too busy surviving! But then a series of events transpired in my life that set me on a new path–a path to discovering who I really am and setting in motion a transformation that I did not even know that I needed!

At the time, my prayers were all centered around understanding what was happening to me, understanding what things like self-discovery, transformation and spiritual awakening even were. I had no idea that there were universal laws or that I was not alone! And I certainly did not know that I had an inner-child who was trying to get me to listen to her! All of these things came in their own time. But looking back, the one thing that I wish that I told myself more was to believe in myself. Believe in my abilities, believe in my determination, believe in my strength!

A good friend of mine once shared advice that I still use to this day. She said that we do not look forward to see our prayers answered, but backward. And as we look back to remember past prayers and desires, as we look back to see our own progress, we come to understand greater principles like learning, growth and development. In our society, we are conditioned to avoid mistakes and chase after rewards. We are trained to the good/bad line of thinking and as a result, we tend to be all or nothing thinkers a lot of the time. “I’m either growing or I’m not,” and a lot of times, our own growth is in our perfection of things rather than our efforts of things. And so, looking back we remember what we asked for and we see that we received it. We received the next missing piece of knowledge we needed to understand a concept, we received the next layer of healing we needed to have the strength to put ourselves out there. Answered prayers are often more subtle than what we ask for. They are tiny pieces we need to take the next step. And over time, as we look back, we see how all those tiny pieces fused together to be a massive gift that propelled us to where we are today!

None of us is perfect. I repeat NONE of us is perfect! We are all learning and growing. We are all here in this moment right now. The trick to taking a step closer to knowing ourselves is to accept what is in this moment. And then to not place meaning or judgment on it. It just is. It is not good or bad. It’s just. Once we can allow ourselves to think like this, eventually we begin to understand that growth and progress is found first in acceptance of what is and second in our own willingness to take the next step using the tiny piece that was gifted to us. We become able to do this the moment that we believe!

I believe in you! I believe in your ability! I believe in your incredible value to this earth that you have yet to realize! My prayer for you is that in time you discover this value because on that day, you will understand and with that understanding you will begin a journey toward discovering your truth self and becoming who you ARE!

Ignore the judges. Remember, the judges are only judging because they themselves have yet to believe in themselves. Try not to take it personally! You are on your own journey and you get to grow in your own time!

Much Love!