Rewiring my mind; Current lessons in growth.
This year has been a roller coaster for me already. I actually entered this year without clear cut directions and goals really. I just knew that towards the end of last year that I get telling myself that I wasn’t ready for the year to end yet. I know many people talk so much about goals and resolutions but I just had one thing in mind.
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Let me get through with January first. Well, this January, my dad came back from the states and I had to be with him. So somehow, I knew that my January was already a sacrifice even before it came. That made me to not even have any plans cos I would definitely be living with his schedules and itenerary.
Well, somewhere I said that after January that I was going to take out some time to rest and then plan my life for the year. The January was also supposed to be a time for a major milestone decision in the relationship I was into. I was hoping to have a heart talk about the relationship I was into with the person involved to know the palms and way forward for the year.
Well, everything fell aside for me. I spent my January with dad and his programs and towards the end, he left back for the states and then Just at the same moment, the relationship I was hoping to get a bearing went south. So I literally went from being lost to lost. I was directionless and heart broken.
I came back toward the end of January heartbroken and with no single strength to start the year. I spent the whole of February trying to pick up my life pieces from where it was shattered. And in this midst of all these chaos and emotional brouhaha, I knew I had some unlearning and learning to do.
Things I am learning / unlearning
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I am learning to be kind and not too hard on myself. Sometimes things fall apart not because of us but the other party. At a time I took stats of what went wrong and I can pinpoint one or two places where I may not have been perfect but I know I tried my best. Instead of beating me up, I had to let me breath a little. Love myself a little more. Be kind to myself.
I notice that I am busy saving the world and being kind to everyone else but hard on myself. I had to breathe. The scriptures said to love others as myself. I haven’t given me so much love but this period, I am learning to love myself and be kind to me.
I am learning to change my confession. I’ve come to understand that the power of life and death is in the tongue. I am learning to speak words of life and grace to myself. I am learning to confess what I want to see and not what is happening to me. I am learning to speak God’s word over my life at all situations and I am unlearning the use of negative words.
I have a bad habit that I may not be free to name here but I am working on it bit by bit to reduce its hold. It’s a source of limitation and may not let me achieve so much hence it has to go. I am learning to let go of things easily. To let go of grudge and above all learn to love and give unconditionally.
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The experience I had broke me and believe me I cried but not like someone without hope. I am learning to embrace the new me and love myself and love myself. Cherish myself and protect myself from abuse. I am learning to be strong and not be an object of pity. I am learning to seek God’s direction and mercy for this season. I am learning to pick up my life one day at a time. I am learning to breathe.
I can’t say I have my goals all written out. Till now, I don’t but I am learning to live one day at a time. My heart is mended and won’t stop loving and being nice. I am learning to not let people’s meanness and wickedness change me from being the good woman that I am for no one who loves genuinely loses.
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So sorry about your relationship going south, it can be devastating. But then you've made a great decision of learning to embrace yourself and prioritise your growth.
Yes sir. Thanks for your kind words
Each and everyone of us has that one habit we are shy to talk about, but willing to let go of. The most important thing is to be intentional and consistent if we truly want to let go.