We talk to ourselves in ways we would never even consider talking to others! The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown wonderfully assists in changing that dialogue.
"To be nobody-but-yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody but yourself--means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight--and never stop fighting." ~E. E. Cummings
Don't get me wrong. I'd love to skip over the hard stuff, but it just doesn't work. If we really want to live a joyful, connected, and meaningful life, we must talk about things that get in the way. ~page 35
To add to Snyder's work on hope, I found in my research that men and women who self-report as hopeful put considerable value on persistence and hard work. The new cultural belief that everything should be fun, fast, and easy is inconsistent with hopeful thinking. It also sets us up for hopelessness. When we experience something that is difficult and requires significant time and effort, we are quick to think, "This is supposed to be easy; it's not worth the effort", or, "This should be easier: it's only hard and slow because I'm not good at it." Hopeful self-talk sounds more like, "This is tough, but I can do it." ~page 66
"To be nobody-but-yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody but yourself--means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight--and never stop fighting." ~E. E. Cummings
Be authentic, Be you!
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