We all share those text posts that start off with “Share this if’ or “Post this if” and the forget about it and go on with the rest of our lives. I am guilty of doing this anyway. I recently shared a post that seriously opened my eyes to things about myself I probably never would have known otherwise. I chose to write the comments in my journal and I would advise you all to do the same.
The post said “Put this on your timeline and let everyone describe you with one word.”
Maybe I did this on a day when I was not feeling my best. Or perhaps I woke up in a funk and checked my notifications to these comments; honestly I can’t remember. Thanks adhd brain. But really the comments I received moved me to tears. The words left there in my comments were never the words I use to describe myself. I’m not nearly as kind.
This really showed me that I’m far too hard on myself and that I let things bother me more than they should. It showed me that everyone doesn’t see the little imperfections that I obsess over. It showed me the kindness in others. Kindness, on that day was something that I needed but that I had not afforded myself. I was stuck in a cycle of negative self talk and not seeing the crown on my own head that I do my very best to highlight in others.
Something that I do when I’m feeling down, or have been beating myself up over every little thing, is make someone else feel the way I wish I did. I do my best to throw kindness around like confetti, except for when it comes to myself. I am unusually critical of myself and I know I need to stop, and I’m trying. Writing this generic Facebook post along with it’s comments was my first step in the direction of talking to myself the way that I talk to others. I won’t be perfect at it but at least when I’m feeling less than amazing, I can turn to this page in my journal and show myself just who I am to the world.
Stay safe, stay rad, and wash your DANG hands!
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