Our beliefs determine our life. If we believe we can, we will. If we believe we can’t, we won’t. Simple as that.
Over the past couple years, I’ve come to realize just how important our beliefs truly are. I’ve seen in my own life how the beliefs that I had carried from childhood no longer fit and were actually hindering me, but I continued to live by them because they were familiar – they felt like a part of me. When I was finally able to let them go and replace them with updated beliefs that felt more like the person I had become – the person I wanted to be – my life began to change.
One of the things that I absolutely love about our beliefs is that we have the power to change them. At any moment, we have the power to take a look at them, see if they still fit, and decide if we want to keep them around or not.
Let’s say you have lived all of your life thinking that you weren’t a good writer. Maybe someone told you that you weren’t as a child. Or maybe you just always felt insecure about your writing and didn’t feel like it was ever good enough. Whatever the case, you carried the belief that you weren’t a good writer. But one day you realized that you really wanted to write. You realized you had things to share with others, and you wanted to be able to express yourself in this way. And the only thing that was holding you back was this silly old belief that told you that you weren’t any good.
What does this belief know, anyway? Seriously. Who is this belief to determine how you’re going to live your life? Do you want to continue carrying it? Or are you ready to let it go? You get to decide.
This is just one example of so many possibilities of beliefs that we carry (some of which are very positive, by the way).
It’s up to you, though, to remain conscious in your life and remain aware of your beliefs – negative and positive. And it’s up to you to decide which ones stay and which ones go.
I think that’s pretty amazing. And I love that we are truly this powerful.
I believe that you are wonderful. I believe that you are worthy. I believe that you are loved. And I believe that you can do anything you set your mind to.
And now it’s up to you to believe the same.
I created a poster to help you embrace some positive beliefs.
You can click on it below to print it out. It measures 8×10 and is saved at high resolution.
It’s my gift to you because I know how much our beliefs about ourselves impact how we live our lives, and it’s my wish that we can all let go of any beliefs that are keeping us from experiencing true happiness. It’s my wish that we can call into our life new beliefs that are made up of love and positivity.
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Beautiful as always my Dear Jodi, blasting you with lots of light and love. So much love to you and all you give us.
Awesome post Jodi, I have recently started changing my long held beliefs around being creative and artistic. For so many years I told myself that I just want arty, then I decide I could be and that I could learn and I am and I’m loving it. I know choose to believe that everyone has art in their heART xo
Thank you Jodi for this lovely post.
Thank you for another beautiful offering Jodi, will be happy to share & spread a bit of sunshine, hugs xo
You are so right Jodi. The stories we told ourselves to make sense of the world when we were young rarely make sense, and get in the way as we age into wisdom. We can see our outer world changing around us and so too should our inner world. We are at the helm of deciding our future and changing directions. With the help of kindred spirits holding us with Love in our wonder and worthiness, we can help each other stay on the course of our true selves.