I would like to ask everyone to help me with a challenge of mine. I struggle with receiving compliments and recognition. I always just brush it off as nothing, and I need to stop doing that and be open to receiving. I give so much of myself, asking little if anything in return.
When I worked and got awards, I would just shrug them off as it was part of my job and just something I did because it was the right thing to do or was good for the company. I never took and understood the full weight of the compliments and recognition.
In one way, I like compliments and recognition, and in another, I don’t. It’s just something I do, something that is a part of me. It was strange at work, I would see other employees who were so slow and did next to nothing and it always irked me. I always put in 110% and couldn’t understand why others didn’t. I think that’s why they liked me so much. I was always producing more and always asking for more responsibility always taking the initiative to create something better. Like I said, it’s just a part of me, something I have always done. I’m a better giver than receiver.
So, I want your help with my challenge of receiving. If you know me, whether by an online association or you have met me in real life, I want you to leave a comment with a compliment or recognition so that I can learn to accept them more and easier.
Thanks! As John Jackson always says, you all inspire me. Thank you for being a part of my life. I am truly blessed.
The Law of Attraction states that what you think about you create. So, take a moment in your day to do some daily affirmations to reinforce your subconscious mind with positive thoughts.
I have released the third video in the Inspire Your Mind Series, Daily Affirmations of Gratitude. May it Inspire Your Mind with Gratitude!
As children, when it would rain, we would beg our parents to go outside and play. We loved to dance and play in the rain, splashing in every puddle we could find. Then, as adults, we learned to detest the rain. We complain about the rain, we rush to get through it as fast as possible to our destination.
Back in February 2009, I began a full court press to my own personal development. I had been in quite the rut. Recently, I have noticed a profound change in myself. I can remember just a few years ago, being at a Renaissance Fest and it was raining. I was cranky and miserable and hated being out in the rain (my bad attitude might also have had something to do with the company I was with).
But now, recently, I have found myself watching the rain outside with joy, even standing outside in the rain and loving it, finding peace with it. And it all has to do with my attitude towards it. I have reverted back to my child-like wonder at it. I am a much more happier and content person now. It’s amazing what a little attitude shift can do for a person.
If you want to feel more alive, be grateful for the things around you (good or bad everything has a lesson to teach), keep a positive focus, and practice positive thinking. I am very thankful that I have started to think positively again, it’s opened up a whole new world that I thought I had lost access to.
Embrace Life for all that it has to offer you and Create Your Greatest Day!
You have to start out with believing in yourself. If you don’t believe in yourself, who else will? Believe that you have the power for greatness. That you can change the world. That you can be successful. It may be hard at first, but you can do it. You have to. Belief is a very powerful thing. It sets into motion, that which you are believing.
Successful Thinking
Start thinking you are a success. You may say, “Well, I’m not successful yet”. That’s okay. You need to start thinking you are successful to bring about that success. What you think will start to manifest, and then you will be successful. If you have problems thinking of yourself as a success, think about what you can do that will make you feel successful. Just something small. And then do that. Once you achieve that small step of success, it may make it easier for you to start feeling successful.
Be Grateful
Wake up in the morning and think of all the things you have to be thankful for. Make every day a Thanksgiving. Let the Universe, Spirit, Deity (whatever you believe in) know what you are grateful for. It might be as simple as you are alive. Or that you have a roof over your head and food in your stomach. Or that you have a wonderful spouse or child. Whatever it is, say thank you for it and let it be known how grateful you are for it. Once you start being grateful for things, then it changes your mindset to be thankful and grateful for all the new wonderful things that will come into your life.
Embrace life and make it what you want to be. Believe in yourself, think successful thoughts, and be grateful for all the wonderful things in your life. You will see your life changing for the good. You will see yourself as a success.
When you start to think positively you open up so many doors in your world.
It’s not easy, but it CAN be done. I’m sure you have several years of programming to re-program. With doing a little bit each day, soon you will be on the road to being positive all the time.
Start with some positive affirmations. One very powerful one is:
I am Whole
I am Perfect
I am Strong
I am Healthy
I am Harmonious
I am Happy
These are the main things that everyone wants.
You can use the ‘I Am’ statement before anything that you are wanting to start bringing it to you.
The Universe has no choice but to give you what you ask for.
A great way to start your day is to be thankful. Before you even roll out of bed in the morning, Thank God (Goddess, Buddah, Universe, whoever your deity of choice is) for your wonderful day. Start out thinking you will have a wonderful day, and that is what the Universe will deliver to you.
