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Your Voice. Your Freedom. Your Choice.
Do not be led by the fears of your mind. Learn to hear the dreams of your heart. Then decide you are resilient enough and strong enough to make those dreams a reality…
Have you ever noticed you have an inner critic but no inner encourager? You know the inner voice of condemnation well don’t you?
“you haven’t been enough”
“you haven’t done enough”
Do you ever hear a voice celebrating what you have accomplished, for even trying, for taking a risk? Why is that? Are we so afraid of becoming inflated or being labeled a narcissist that we shudder from recognizing our own successes? Have we been so conditioned to have humility over all else that we actually jump on the bandwagon with those who would love to throw heaping coals upon our heads?
What I have found is when I disappoint others by not living into their expectations of me, when I have tried to conform to their ideal of my life but then realize it and decide to draw a line and take back my voice — suddenly I am the enemy. I am looked upon in a negative light and perhaps even gossiped about through their story vs. “the” story.
