How often do you feel overwhelmed? What story do you tell yourself then?
If there’s any self-pity in your story, it’s time to change your perspective. If you compare yourself to others and conclude that you’re designed poorly, you’re looking through eyes that aren’t your own.
You are perfectly packaged. Adjust your advertising.
Too scratchy. Too fast. Too much noise. Too much light. Too much going on. What’s another word for too much of something? Bounty.
Overwhelm = Bounty. So choose.
You’re not unable to keep up. You’re not sub par. There’s no need to keep trying to reinvent yourself to fit a space it hurts to be in. If overwhelm is a form of bounty, that means you have options to choose from.
You’re well-suited for evaluating complexity and making astute decisions. Honour your innate, glorious, heightened ability to discern and decide.
Choice is a power tool. Plug it in.
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{ PEP TALKS deliver a bracing blast of Grace }
Flickr photo: Yes, we’re now officially up north, by wili_hybrid
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This is divine, Grace. Not just in a casual sense of the word either. TRULY divine in the sacred, spiritual sense of the word. Thank you for such an awesome gift this morning. It’s one we all need to accept and absorb and wear (and plug in, as you say!).
Amen sister! Emily-Sarah is right – this is a great blast for reving our engines first thing this morning!
Yay! Rev those engines, folks. I’ve got a hankering to see some flying.
(Emily – I like what you’re exploring on your website.)
Thank you, Grace!
Thanks very much for the pep talk. I’ve been telling myself for too long that there’s something wrong with me, even when in the back of my mind I know that nothing is really wrong with me. Needed this reminder!
You’re most welcome, Art. And I second that thought. I write ’em as I need ’em.