Climbing Mount Self-Confidence

You know (or perhaps you don't)...we believe so many lies about who we are, in all areas of our lives.  Some willingly, some so very subconsciously. For example, one of the things I believed about myself for decades was that I was not worth being loved.  A belief like that, especially since I am a human; physical and sentient, is devastating to say the least.

I am here today to encourage just that one person who thinks they are unworthy, the one who subconsciously pushes people away, creates situations to keep people from getting too close, who emotionally separates themselves from their children...hmm, let me address that issue for a moment...

Children, what a beautiful creation!  If you scoff at that idea, I would have to confront you and say you have some serious issues, and I have the right to say that because this is my blog, but more-so because I used to think that.  I had very strict plans to never have any children.  The thought of having children scared the living everything out of me.  Now I could not have known, at the time I made this decision, what being a parent entails or what children have to offer, it was based solely on my lack of self-worth, that I had nothing to offer, no confidence in who I am as a human being, therefore, they had nothing to offer me.  Let me just say...children will rock your world...to put it lightly

Looking back I can see the folly in this thinking, but seriously, without self-worth this is a position we find ourselves in all the time, denying ourselves opportunities based on what we believe about ourselves, who we think we are.  Walking in disbelief about the magnificence of who we were created to be and why we were designed to be so changeable.  We sell ourselves short everyday of our lives, and when we decide not to, it is a struggle to climb that mountain to the top and see ourselves above the clouds.  But you can do it.

One of the things I did to begin climbing Mount Self-Confidence was to decide to follow through on my pregnancy with my oldest son.  That decision was a very scary one, but also a very important one.  You see, for people who have always wanted a family, to stay at home with their kids, the thought that someone would even have to consciously make this decision probably makes no sense at all.  But to me it was huge, probably one of the biggest challenges of my life. There are those of you who face similar challenges in your life right now, a decision to make that will rock your world.  If rocking your world brings positive change, then I say do it and do it now!

Don't take time to talk yourself out of it or to look too far ahead, just go for it.  "But then I'll have to make another decision!"  Yes, that's right, you will.  But by making decisions that alter your path, you change the way you think and act, and that alters your view of yourself!  Voila!

It's time to stop believing the lies.  You weren't born with them, they are baggage too heavy to carry.  It's time to stop allowing our lives to be limited.  Instead, let's make the limitless, full to overflowing with great and wonderful things!   We were made to be triumphant, elegant, complete and oh, so beautiful...so join hands with me, take a deep breath of courage and step into your true reality.  Let's start Climbing Mount Self-Confidence together, one leg at a time.