Almost anyone who gets to know me will tell you that I am very detail oriented and remember almost everything! I can be counted on by friends to provide information of events that happened months prior and can recall conversations and situations as well with flawless detail! You might think to yourself - what a gift, I would like to be able to do that. While it may come in handy at times, let me tell you it can also be a downfall...that is unless you know the path to your heart.
There are times, more often that I would like to admit that as I think about my past that I fuel the fires of the "victim" in me and start to blame what has happened to me on what I am feeling, what I can't accomplish, that I am broken and what started out as maybe the flicker of a flame becomes a bonfire that seems insurmountable! I will go over the details of the past in my mind and justify all that I am feeling in that moment. I sometimes will stay there for a while and as I do I find myself deeper in the victim role than I want to ever be. I let the old portfolio of my life have power over who I am today, I give it to much of my time and attention and it overshadows where I am now.
So how do I get out of this and put out the bonfire? It is by looking deep within my heart and remembering the details of my greatness, As one friend would say to me my "I AM" statements! I allow myself to become vulnerable, to feel deeply, but at the same time move into my heart, to tackle the bonfire and douse with the greatness that I know is within me. I allow the details of good (I am strong, I am inspiring, I am whole, I am brave, I am still standing, I am confident, I am empowered), versus the words of the old portfolio that disputes all those things have any power.
This is how it is done, by living in the NOW, by breathing in who you truly are and your greatness in this very moment. To not get mired down in the details of who you are not and your old portfolio, but to celebrate who you are now and where you are headed. Allow the details of your I AM statements become greater in your heart than the statements of who you are not that are in your head. That fire can only grow if you fuel it by being a victim, instead put out the fire with your greatness instead!
So what are your I AM statements? Take a moment today and in the week to come to list them out, to fuel your fire of greatness and to douse the fire of victim in your life. Easy - not always, worth it ALWAYS!
