[dropcap2 variation=”coffee”]T[/dropcap2]he year 2013 is now history.
It was a very full year for me. Parts of it were challenging beyond belief. There are times when I wondered “Why do I live like this?” I thrive on challenges, but I also seem to seek stress.
I try to run, but stress always seems to find me. It feels so familiar. In fact, I’m so used to its voice that I often confuse it for my own.
So once again I find myself on the verge of the New Year, thinking about resolving to reduce the stress in my life.
How am I going to do that?
It’s about more than making resolutions. Moving forward involves facing the shadows that I allow to drive my life.
These shadows are from the past. I’ve known them so well and so long that they often slip in unnoticed. And therein lays the danger.
My shadows continually whisper their insidious messages:
You’ll never be good enough.
You’re invisible.
You must prove yourself.
You must justify your existence.
You must perform well in order to be loved.
If anything goes wrong, it’s your fault.
Ugh.
I know these are lies, but how am I going to battle them? I’ll talk more about that in the next post. In the meantime, Happy New Year!
Question: What do your shadows say?
