Rewrite Your Story

It’s been a while since I last wrote and posted. But before the new year, something happened that made me more conscious of the words I say to others, and the ones I repeat to myself.

One day, I packed lunch for my niece, and she immediately said, “I don’t like it.” A moment later, her mom calmly responded, “I’m sure you like it and enjoy it.”

In their home, there’s a rule: no one reinforces negative inner voices by saying “I don’t like it” or “I can’t.” They are mindful of words because they know how much they shape beliefs, especially in children.

That moment made me pause. How often do we let the wrong beliefs shape our lives simply because we’ve heard them enough times to believe they’re true?

How we are surrounded by the wrong beliefs that shaped our lives!

Sigmund Freud once said, “Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair.”

Since then, I’ve started paying more attention, screening my own thoughts and observing the effect of words around me.

What words have you repeated to yourself for years, words that might not even be true, yet shaped your beliefs? And you believe you have to change them.