Self Image
Self Image or Self Confidence
What is the difference? This was the question I asked myself over and over again. The reason was I was confident, no matter what I did in life I knew I could do it, so why was my life going so badly and why was I going deeper into a life of living on the streets?
If you were to meet me, you would say here is a man with confidence. Then you would find out my story and say how could he be living on the streets with confidence like he has? Over and over again I kept asking myself that same question. That was until one day I discovered there was a difference in our image of our selves and the confidence within. Even to this day I can not answer that question entirely, but that is because I quit asking it.
I’ve discovered that how I saw myself was far more important than any amount of confidence. You see for the longest time people would show up in my life and I would say to them…
You’re Lucky! You Only Have To Put Up With Me For X Amount Of Time, I”m Stuck With Me 24 Hours Every Day!
Can you see what I did to myself? Talk about major put down! I still can’t believe I said that, but that is how I felt for the longest time. Really not wanting to be with myself and dreading having others around because I would have to show up with that confidence so they didn’t see the real me.
What is a person to do?
Here’s an exercise:
I will challenge everyone reading this to try. Go to a mirror and look yourself directly in the eyes, and say I love you! Watch what you do, how you act and what comes up for you. I have yet to find anyone in my life that the very first time they try this exercise don’t at least blush. Many will look away, say to themselves this is really stupid. Any of those reactions are normal, yet stop you from really loving who you are and how you show up.
To me this is a major road block providing you with the path in life of going no where, fast. Stopping you just short of your dreams. Many times I find it to be the way we see our selves that drives us on a clear and smooth path, or a wall that shatters our entire life. Learn how you can love and respect your self creating the world you were meant to have.
