We made it to Friday—Yay!! Give yourself a pat on the back!
Earlier this week we read some quotes on giving yourself permission to do that which your heart and soul is calling you to do.
Instead of looking outside yourself and to someone else or some organization for permission, have you looked to yourself, looked within, to give yourself permission? If you’re waiting for someone else or an organization or group to give you permission, I am sorry to say, my Friend and Pep Pal, but you probably will be waiting for a very long time.
So, instead of waiting—or while you are waiting—why don’t YOU give YOURSELF permission?
If this doesn’t sound like a good idea to you, why not?
What is holding you back from giving yourself permission?
Are you afraid you’ll look foolish or stupid or that you’ll embarrass yourself? Are you nervous about what others will think? Are you concerned about not fitting into your life within your comfort zone? Are you afraid of being ostracized or cast out or abandoned?
Are you concerned about having the skills or knowledge you’ll need once you give yourself permission? Are you worried that you’ll have to do everything yourself and you’re barely keeping up now?
Take the time today and this weekend to get to the core of why you can’t and won’t give yourself permission to follow the whisperings of your heart and the urgings of your soul. This is important work so make sure you do it!
After you come up with the reason or reasons of why you can’t give yourself permission, brainstorm things you can do to “solve the problem” of why you can’t. Remember with brainstorming that all ideas are good ones even if they are outlandish, impractical, silly, wild, and the like. Jot them all down because you never know how a piece of outlandish idea combined with a dash of the impractical idea along with a smidgen of the silly idea and sprinkled with the wild idea just might be the breakthrough, the eureka! moment you’re looking for!
Have fun with this!
Your Friend and Pep Pal,
Lauren
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