The Lies We Tell

The lies we tell hurt us.

"It's too much!" You never get more than you can handle. Period.

"I can't handle it." Of course you can. You always do. Only look back over your life and witness how many times you have handled it.

"It's never going to get better." Yes it is. Life is a never-ending process of change and you have a 50-50 chance of things getting better.

"Not even God can fix this." Seriously? God has limitations? Man has limitations - why not let God be able to fix anything without putting our limited thinking out there as "truth."

"I love you, but..." That's not love. Love does not seek to change the beloved, but to honor and serve.

"I'm unhappy because of __________ [fill in the blank with anything except yourself]" Life is what it is, things happen the way they happen. You have no control over that. What you do have control over is how you respond.

Probably - long, long ago, and this is just surmise - probably we developed this way of thinking to protect ourselves from pain, defeat and failure. I.e. "We'll never win." and then if you don't, you don't feel bad and if you do, you have something to celebrate.

However, somewhere along the line we forgot that it was a set-up and we forgot to celebrate. The result of that is we now actually believe these things and they become the prescription for how our lives actualize.

Boo. Hiss.

In the beginning was the Word....our words are powerful and they define us. Take a look at the words that might not be true and consider exchanging them for different ones:
"There is a lot going on!"
"I trust myself to be able to handle whatever life gives me!"
"I trust God to work this out!"
"I love you for who you are and how you are and everything about you!"
"I have responsibility for my own happiness!"



Blessings!
- Darshan






© 2010 Darshan F Jessop