Positively Powerful Little People
Posted on Jan 3, 2012 | 2 comments
POSITIVELY POWERFUL: We each come into the world as perfectly positive powerful little people, but as a result of what we decide about the
actions and words or lack of action and words of others, we little boys and girls will either grow up feeling loved or unloved, wanted or unwanted, precious or unimportant. Be aware. By the age of five, our core set of beliefs about ourselves and the world around us are formed. We take these beliefs into our grown up lives.
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So true Joel. I always loved your definition of 'little people' before they take in the world around them – we all start out as little 'hearts with feet'! And then as we begin to observe, interact in, and absorb messages from the world around us, we develop the layers that we find necessary to move comfortably (in our comfort zone!) in our surroundings. Thanks for sharing this reminder to examine what beliefs we still hold on to that are no longer serving us well and may be detrimental to us in our teenage or adult lives! I like to call these 'ghosts' that revisit us whenever we get 'triggered' by something in the present moment … and rather than taking a deep breath and choosing to remain in the 'present moment', we consciously or unconsciously go with the 'old story' and allow the 'ghost' to come visit us again.
My 'ghost' was a bundle of thoughts, emotions & physical reactions when my 'being perfect' was challenged. My thought was: 'I can't make a mistake.' My emotional reaction was: fear & shame. My physical reaction was: to become tongue tied, quiet & retraction. Once I realized this (the first step is being aware of the 'ghost' that visits), I could then tell the ghost: "Oh there you are again. You served me at one time, but no longer serve me well. So, take a seat."! Then it became a much easier (beware it takes practice!) to let go of the fear (after all we humans are finite & imperfect little beings … sounds so simple now) and then make a choice to go with the 'current moment' and move in 'curiosity' & 'wonder'. Oh how freeing this was … and still is! I have found that I am reclaiming my spontaneous little girl again!
Again, much gratitude for your thought for the day! Thanks for posting this Joel.
Leslie your brilliance is timeless. Thank you for this thoughtful response. I like the term “ghost”. A good term for was is not real. My old conversations creep up on me in times of stress when I wish that someone would come to my rescue. Very funny, these thoughts are remnants of our childhoods when we were truly the little ones. The illusion of control. Today I will seek peace and let it go. That’s my thought for the day.