Fortune cookie Thursday: Seek out the significance of your problem at this time. Try to understand.
I think I’m getting that batch of darker more realistic fortunes. Hmm. But it does go well with today’s topic!
What I’m listening to:Hey there Delilah, The Plain White T’s
I was thinking about it today. It was shortly after I encouraged a friend who was about to send out a submission. I had such high hopes and confidence in her. I’m like that with so many people. The constant cheerleader, the encourager, but oddly…not with myself. I realized this and was somewhat appalled when I really thought about it.
The things I say to myself in my head–I’d NEVER say to a friend. OMG if I said this stuff to a critique partner they’d probably quit on the spot or tell me to go f*ck myself. And yet I say this terrible stuff to myself quite regularly. I used to sum it up to me ‘being a realist’, but now I think I’m just being a little too negative. And if I believe that stuff in The Secret, then my self negativity is breeding negative results according to the law of attraction.
So there ya have it, folks. My new goal. I’m not going to say anything to myself about me and my writing that I wouldn’t say to someone else. I need to step up the cheerleading for myself. Because, darn it, I’m worth it. (Gahd, how motivational self esteem boosting was that?!)
So is anyone else like me? Or are you the queen of positive thinking?
