Apr
20
2010

Catch yourself doing Something Right, and pat yourself on a back for it.

 

 Good women & men always think it is their fault…Bad women and men never take the blame for anything.
-Anita Brookner  English novelist, art historian. 
 
Good friend of mine Nataly has only one rule in her life: “I am not allowed to beat myself up.”
She elaborates:” I got more than enough criticism and abuse when I was growing up. There were plenty enough people beating me up , verbally and emotionally, if not physically. So now my only rule is-no matter what I do-I am not allowed to beat myself up.”
Years ago Nataly was overweight, and not happy in other areas of her life. She decided to go to the gym and work out, stop eating junk. It was really hard for her to follow through. In the beginning she would drive to the gym, and seat in her car looking to the windows where she saw people working out. She was scared, and turned back, saying “next time I may walk to the locker.
And she did. Then she find herself signing up for yoga class. It was not as scary. She attended the first class and “Good girl, you showed up. You did what you said you would do for yourself.”
So, step by step, making small steps every day, today, twenty years later Nataly is fit, trim, athletic and successful in other areas of her life.
 
So, take a little step every single day, and do something that you want to improve. Every time you did any little thing in this direction- every little thing. Reach your right hand over your left shoulder and pat yourself on a back. Say, “Good me. You just did something good.” Because you did.
 
 
 
 
 
    

 
 
Written by jsosensky in: Uncategorized |

22 Comments »

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URL


Leave a Reply

Powered by WordPress | Theme: Aeros 2.0 by TheBuckmaker.com