Everyday, I do an affirmation of the day. I may read others or reflect or meditate on others, but I have a key one for throughout the day. I haven’t much considered WHY I do this now, it just felt right a couple of weeks ago and I went with it.
Today? I got it. Today’s affirmation quite simply read, “I am Worthy.” I didn’t have much to say on my Insta Stories this morning, where I share the daily affirmation and my initial thoughts on it. I believe I said something about just keep on trucking and knowing that worth isn’t tied to any one thing. It was the first morning where I didn’t feel a need to wax poetic and then need to shut myself up, because who really goes on Insta Stories to hear someone babble?
A while ago, I passed a mirror and exclaimed a variation of, “hubba hubba.” Those who know me know that this is probably not a rare occurrence - I’ve always been known to gander in the mirror (and sometimes for long periods of time.) But, these days? It is rare. I haven’t felt particularly good-looking (insert whatever variety of synonym you wish) and so I haven’t really done my old-school, massive ego, stare in the mirror thing. Oddly, I kinda miss that girl. Do I look so special today? Nope. No make-up. My hair is done, but it’s a little flyaway right now. Do I look any different than last week? Again, nope. Nothing has changed. In fact, it’s probably more obvious now than it was then that I need my brows worked on.
And, because I have spent random moments today thinking about the phrase, “I am Worthy,” did I realize that… it really is that simple. There may be a lot of life stuffs going on right now, some of which will be shared over time and some that is not my place to share, but irrespective of what’s happening, where I’ve been, where I’m headed, I can still have faith and love in myself, consider myself worthy of whatever comes my way and to believe myself worthy of what I want.
Ultimately, my random decision a few weeks ago to stick with one key affirmation throughout the day, not just for a workout, has now made sense. Interesting how the universe can speak to us sometimes. I didn’t know then that I would need this practice and that I would need to have actually practiced this practice for today to make sense.
What an incredible way to head into regularly scheduled programming that is life, now that the holidays are over.
Just me. No make-up. Fly-away and gray hair. Bring it on.