Stories. We make stuff up… like who we are… and are not.
It’s weird and wonderful to finally realize that we have the capacity to craft our own life story.
I had a story that I was a terrible dancer. I wrote the story when I was in 7th grade and it stuck with me for decades.
Then, I read another story: “If it feels good when you dance, you are a good dancer!”
Wow.
Suddenly my old story seemed archaic, incomplete, and even harmful to my joy.
I’ve witnessed what happens when old crusty stories are brought into the light, tapped on, and someone chooses to freshen their story (belief) in ways that make them smile again.
Our stories block us. Our stories can hurt us.
I’ll say that if we have a harmful story about ourselves, it’s at best partially true.
If you failed at something, does your story include your courage to even try?
If you were bullied, does your story include the tender aspects of you that could never, and would never, be cruel like that?
If trauma was the backdrop of parts of your life, who have you become since? And what has become even MORE important to you as a result of what you endured?
None of us reading this have completed our story.
Tending to our own storytelling (and recognizing when we’re storytelling) is a real skill.
We can craft stories that serve us. Indeed, we always are.
This Sunday Cathy and I will be together with those of you that want to co-create narratives that serve our thriving. Together.
Join us! We’d love to have you with us.
Register now (and also get the recording):
https://www.thrivingnow.center/t/stories-that-hurt-stories-that-heal/1315/11
RickThrivingNow / Rick ~ ThrivingNow
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2024-01-02 13:21:19
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