I mourn for all of the chronic pessimists out there. Why throw pity parties when you can proceed down your lane in a positivity parade? Wave your pom-poms proudly. I get it. Times can be tough. We can sometimes feel worthless if we let the outside world affect and infect us so severely. Why do you let all of those external events set your mood and influence your tone, though? Can you focus on tuning your channel to what you truly care about instead? Can you better control your mindset and thoughts regardless of what may be going on around you? If others in your midst are negative and downtrodden, must you partake in their depressing demeanor? No, you can press on passionately, and you can remind yourself of your worth. We can be confident in our knowledge. Even if others look at us like we are crazy, it does not matter. Own your truth. Move forward well. Pay as little of your mind to those opinions as possible. Haters will hate. Keep on winning.
There will always be someone who can’t see your worth. Don’t let it be you.
-Mel Robbins
You do not need to flip this switch instantaneously. If you can, great. Go for it! If you need to be more practical and realistic, then take it one step at a time. What is at least one area or aspect of your life where you tend to assume the worst or a negative outcome? How can you begin to consider more than only one option? How often does the worst happen, or even a negative outcome that you fret over for that matter? Give yourself a break. Enjoy some relaxing rest. Please prioritize some worthwhile self-love and self-care.
You can’t hate yourself happy. You can’t criticize yourself thin. You can’t shame yourself worthy. Real change begins with self-love and self-care.
-Jessica Ortner
Can you best establish a new routine right when you wake up? Think about starting each new day with a kind word or two to yourself. Right now, how quickly do you grumble about your morning? Are you seeing the worth of your life when you behave negatively with a pessimistic attitude? Can you shift a self-harming practice towards a self-healing ritual instead? In my world of oversharing, these days, I thank God for as much as I can at the start of each morning and at the end of each evening. There is so much worth in each day if you learn to look for it. Are you even trying to look for it, though? The world is progressing all around us. Are you trying to actively engage with it? I certainly hope so.
It’s about waking up in the morning and saying that I’m worthy of love, belonging, and joy. It’s about engaging with the world from a place of worthiness.
-Brené Brown
Are you enjoying your pessimism? I thought I was enjoying mine when I adopted such a bad habit in the past. Now, though, I can easily see the folly of my foolishness. If I do not believe in myself and if I do not even see my own worth, then how can I honestly expect others to believe in me and see my worth? We are each responsible for our own lane. Is your lane withering and rusting, or is it vibrant and worthy? Can you let go of pessimism?
I’ve learned that the most basic fact in health care and health education is that people will take care of themselves only if they feel that they are worth taking care of. By reminding children that they are important to us, I hope that I’m helping them to develop a sense of their own uniqueness and worth so that they will take good care of themselves.
-Fred Rogers
Please take good care of yourself. I see your worth. Can you begin to see it, too? Let the past go. Whatever happened has happened. From this point forward, you can redefine your outlook with optimism or at least realism. Either is a better, worthwhile mindset.
Maybe it is wise. Maybe it is dumb. Time will tell.