THE POWER OF AFFIRMATION!
Mar 04, 2022
Think back to when you were a child...
...and your favorite teacher commended you in front of the whole class. Positively blush-able! Or what about the time when a family member celebrated you at the dinner table for a job well done?
You may be reading this and thinking, ‘I honestly don’t remember’.
Unfortunately, encouragement can sometimes be a rare occurrence. I think it’s really sad that we live in a society where one almost questions the motive of another, when something nice is said. Hubby comments on his wife’s outfit, and the immediate response is ‘What do you want"?
The fact of the matter is, we all need to be affirmed. There is a deep desire within each of us to know that we are doing good and making a difference. So what happens when we don’t receive this affirmation from the people in our world?
We have to become our own cheerleader.
DIY Affirmations
When affirmations don’t come from people around us, we have to step up and DO IT OURSELVES! I call it ‘DIY Affirmations’.
‘What’s the point’? you ask.
Let’s be open and honest for a moment.
How often do you think negatively about yourself? Once, twice, three times a day? Hundreds of times? Have you ever woken up, stood in front of the mirror, not even given the day a consideration, yet instead, your immediate thought is something like,
‘Ugh. I hate my nose.’
‘I wish I wasn’t so flabby.’
‘My hair sucks. I just want to shave it all off and be done with it.’
Or maybe your thoughts run deeper still…
‘I never thought I’d be here at my age.’
‘My family was right. I’m such a failure.’
Negativity comes naturally. We live in a broken and fallen world. We are born into a sinful nature. We don’t have to learn to do bad things. You don’t have to teach a child to lie or to be a complete nightmare. It just comes naturally. Ever heard of the terrible two’s? It’s a real thing I swear. The minute my kid turned two, he turned into the devil. No joke.
Instead, you have to teach a child to say sorry. You have to teach a child to respect others, to be kind and loving. To share.
Well, it’s the same with speaking words of affirmation. When was the last time you affirmed someone in your world? We have to learn to affirm and encourage. To speak life over our loved ones. To build them up, rather than tear them down.
It is as important to speak words of affirmation over the people we love, as it is to speak words of affirmation over ourselves.
How to Self Affirm
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Firstly, do this exercise when you are alone so that you can really take heed of the process. The last thing you want is interruptions and well-meaning loved ones taking the mick.
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Once you’ve found your quiet moment, stand in front of the mirror. Treat yourself as you would a loved one. We shouldn’t treat ourselves any different. Fact is, the happier we are in ourselves, the better we become for the people around us. So even if you’re not doing this for you, do it for the sake of your world, for the people you treasure.
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Then, speak to yourself out loud. There is something powerful about the spoken word. We speak aloud to our loved ones, our friends and our colleagues, all the time. We don’t communicate in thought alone. We talk. The same process applies with self affirmation.
You ready to put this into practice? Let’s do it!
Here’s my top WORDS OF AFFIRMATION to kick start your day!
Remember this: Forming new habits take time. I encourage you to set a daily reminder on your phone for self affirmations. It’s a powerful tool and before long, you will be encouraging yourself throughout the day without even realizing it.
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