Liara Covert
You may not feel free to be who you are. Ask yourself whether you feel trapped by expectations and images you assume are yours. What you believe about yourself doesn't all resonate with your soul. Some traits you have adopted aren't really you. What you sense is you isn't necessarily the truth. Its simply what you choose to believe right now.
Many people consciously reinforce self-judgment. When you do this yourself, do you recognize it? Its always possible to raise awareness and learn to dissolve inappropriate beliefs and feelings. What would happen if you praised yourself more and judged less?
Throughout your life, you have met people who have shaped your self-image with their comments about your strengths and weaknesses. The emotions evoked within yourself tell you a lot about what you may secretly believe or disbelieve. These questions invite reflection on which parts of yourself evolved out of love and which ones grew from fear;
1) What kinds of words have people used to describe you?
2) Which character traits have come to stand out inside you?
3) How do qualities you notice within grow out of external comments?
4) Why do you feel a gap between traits you have and those you would like to have?
5) To what lengths would you go to change and live up to expectations?
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I am fortunate to have had great teachers throughout my life who encouraged my gifts and I never thought that I was less than or more than what I created for myself.