Mindful Monday: Let the Good Outweigh the Bad

I'd like to think that I've reached a stage in my life where I'm confident in my abilities, that I know who I am, and equally as important, who I am not.

 

Logically, I know I can't be everything to everyone. Logically, I know I'm not everyone's cup of tea. Logically, I know that I will not please everyone all the time. 

I know all of these things to be true. I fully accept these statements as facts. I'd even go as far as to say I'm evolved enough that I no longer please others over myself. 

So why it is the moment someone else critiques me, or points out a flaw, or doesn't agree with a decision I've made, I take it all so personally? Why I am quick to second guess myself? Why am I quick to take someone else's assessment of my situation as truth? 

The worst part is that the negative comments tend to linger. They play on repeat. 

Why is it that we let the bad outweighs the good? 

Why do we allow all the amazing lessons we've knocked out of the park to somehow no longer exist as soon as one lesson flops? Why after one upset parent do we second guess our impact regardless out how many positive phone calls and notes parents have gone out of their way to share with us? 

Well, no more! 

I say, drown out the negative with all of your amazingness. Remind yourself as often as needed about all the good you do every day, about the kindness you leave behind, about the lives you impact daily, and the hope you spread. 

Let the good be your narrative. Let the positive impact you have on others play on repeat in your head. Don't let that one negative interaction, that one bad day tell you otherwise. 

YOU. ARE. AMAZING.