the speaking tree - Feel Free To Shower Blessings On Yourself
Marguerite Theophil
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Much has been written about blessing, but something we don't think much about is blessing oneself. Earlier, it was thought that only older people, teachers or gurus could give blessings. It has now become more widely accepted that anyone can give or offer a blessing, spoken out or unspoken. While many now are comfortable with blessing others, sharing the idea of blessing oneself always brings on that `Whaaaat?' look whenever i mention it.The act of blessing whether for others or oneself interrupts the habitual way we see, feel and think about things, the shift allowing us to experience things differently than we normally would. One example that i find inspiring is about a woman who told me that she had to undergo surgery of her leg at a very young age.Many years later she began to have nightmares about not knowing what had been done to the limb that had been removed during surgery . When i spoke of blessing oneself, she wondered if she could bless that part of her which was no longer there, and began to do so. As she did this not only was she able to first get in touch with her buried deep anger about not being told much about it by either parents or doctors, but she was able to work through her emotions. The nightmares stopped. And now she blesses her prosthesis each time she uses it.
Blessing oneself helps when you might be weighed down by negative self-talk.So many people deplete their energy by constantly evaluating, comparing and condemn ing themselves or by being angry for things they have done or have not done, or feeling like they are not `good enough'.
Whenever you bless something, it brings you into a state of love and gratitude. This changes your frame of mind, perception and energy from a negative state to a more positive one.You can begin to shift a pattern of criticism and negative evaluation by blessing both the positive and negative aspects and being grateful for who you are on a daily basis. You can bless your past, even if it has large chapters of pain or sorrow; it made you who you are to day . Then when you clearly and compassionately see how you are today , that in turn will help shape you into who you want to be.
Today , bless yourself for just `being you'.
Bless your own part in your relationships, whether you consider them good or bad. This is how you are in the relationship because of circumstances, because of responses from the other, because of what you know, because of what you don't know. Bless what is and what has to change in you or for you.
Bless yourself for those you have helped or inspired; some you may be aware of, some you may not. It hardly matters if they bless you or not. Bless your own good intentions.
Bless yourself for what you have been open to learn; bless yourself for what you have taught. Bless what you see as your failures, not just your successes. You might find you have learnt more from the former than the latter. Bless your needs and also your greeds! You are human after all.
Bless your humanness, your intelligence and those moments you have used it as well as those times you have not. Bless your fears, at least you have acknowledged them, and can now work on them. Bless your willingness to bless yourself, even if at first you thought it was a bit strange! Follow Marguerite Theophil at speakingtree.in
Blessing oneself helps when you might be weighed down by negative self-talk.So many people deplete their energy by constantly evaluating, comparing and condemn ing themselves or by being angry for things they have done or have not done, or feeling like they are not `good enough'.
Whenever you bless something, it brings you into a state of love and gratitude. This changes your frame of mind, perception and energy from a negative state to a more positive one.You can begin to shift a pattern of criticism and negative evaluation by blessing both the positive and negative aspects and being grateful for who you are on a daily basis. You can bless your past, even if it has large chapters of pain or sorrow; it made you who you are to day . Then when you clearly and compassionately see how you are today , that in turn will help shape you into who you want to be.
Today , bless yourself for just `being you'.
Bless your own part in your relationships, whether you consider them good or bad. This is how you are in the relationship because of circumstances, because of responses from the other, because of what you know, because of what you don't know. Bless what is and what has to change in you or for you.
Bless yourself for those you have helped or inspired; some you may be aware of, some you may not. It hardly matters if they bless you or not. Bless your own good intentions.
Bless yourself for what you have been open to learn; bless yourself for what you have taught. Bless what you see as your failures, not just your successes. You might find you have learnt more from the former than the latter. Bless your needs and also your greeds! You are human after all.
Bless your humanness, your intelligence and those moments you have used it as well as those times you have not. Bless your fears, at least you have acknowledged them, and can now work on them. Bless your willingness to bless yourself, even if at first you thought it was a bit strange! Follow Marguerite Theophil at speakingtree.in
