Confidence Seems To Ebb And Flow

Good morning everyone!

The sky is mostly grey, the wind’s so strong the birds are flying backwards – but at least, for the moment, it’s dry.

And, they say a good wind clears the cobwebs… ha ha ha!!!

So, all in all, that’s excellent, I shouldn’t need to dust for a year then

Life all depends on how you look at it…

Some would call this weather awful and foul and makes you feel trapped because it’s so unpleasant to go out in.

Or… it’s bracing, refreshing, invigorating and stimulating…

Or does having a good dinner make a difference?

Before Sunday lunch… feeling thin and chilly… awful weather…

After a hearty lunch… feeling full and content… bracing weather…

Being happy inside reflects being happy outside…

…just musing out loud.

Okay then, this week has been one of doubt and indecision for many.

I’ve had several mails asking about lack of confidence and how to cope with it.

Confidence seems to ebb and flow like the bloomin’ tide… ha ha ha!!!

I think this time of the year exacerbates a decline though, because the New Year has been and gone…

We made all those wonderful decisions about starting afresh…

No smoking…

Clearing our debts…

Losing weight…

New job…

New partner…

Whatever…

We can be doing so well with the no smoking that people forget you’ve ‘given up’.

You’ve started to lose weight and feel better but no-one comments anymore.

All the credit card bills come in just before you get paid and makes you feel ‘poorer’ then ever!!!

Perhaps you had better stay in this rotten job to pay the bills instead of looking for a fun, happy or just plain new job.

No wonder our New Year wave of confidence starts to crash on the shore.

So what can we do to cheer ourselves up and on?

Well, for a start off… SMILE

Smile and the whole world smiles back.

Share a smile and share a blessing.

Just as your smile may brighten someone else’s day, their smiling back at you will lift your mood too

Get your list of what you wish to accomplish out of the box/drawer/hidy-hole and read it again.

While you sit miserably by yourself feeling defeated turn that around to taking time to sit quietly and reaffirm your intentions.

Any idiot can be fat…

Any idiot can be in debt…

Any idiot can do an idiots job…

Any idiot can smoke themselves to death…

And two idiots can live happily together… ha ha ha!!!

But not you…

For you are not an idiot…

You have seen the light… hallelujah… ha ha ha!!!

You have too much respect for yourself now.

You honour yourself more than that…

You love yourself enough to make all those changes… that you want.

You see, the end of January can be just like the marathon runner ‘hitting the wall’.

But you just have to keep going…

Deep breath… keep going.

And well done you for leading the way.

Well done you for showing others it is possible to make changes.

So, right now, give yourself a rewarding pat on the back

If you used to smoke… smell that fresh air and realise you don’t smell like the bottom of an ash tray anymore

If you are losing some weight… strut your stuff, right now!!!

If you are choosing to spend your income on repaying some bills… just remember to keep a couple of those notes in your back pocket so you can ‘feel’ abundant.

I know you can do this…

Not for me or anyone else, of course, but simply for you.

Because despite what you think, you are worth it.

And I for one, think you are brilliant for doing so well so far

So as they say in Galaxy Quest…

“Never give up, never surrender!”

Champion Caruthers

Judith.

 

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