Hello Everyone,
Just this week I was talking to a friend about a situation I was struggling with. This very well meaning friend had a strong opinion about what I needed to do…asap!
And though my friend was well meaning I realized after some reflection that I didn’t agree with her opinion. But because of the strength of her opinion, and my own insecurity about the situation I was facing, it took some work on my part to get beyond the opinions and hear my own inner voice.
I spent much of the week meditating on the situation and received the following message in one of those meditations. I thought that I’d share it here with all of you, in case you too need some assistance getting past all the opinions that are out there, and connecting instead with your own inner wisdom and knowing.
Learning to stand in your own convictions.
Opinions are everywhere. Everyone’s got an opinion, they are a dime a dozen.
There will be voices all around you that seek to distract you. There will be voices all around you that mean well but are incorrect. There will be people who are sure that they are right about what you must do, but who are wrong. And there will those who speak timidly and whose depth of opinion is accurate but who lack the inner conviction to make their words heard.
In the end you must go deep within and listen to your own inner promptings. You must go deep within and do what you think is best.
And so go deep within and desire to seek your own counsel.
You have become too dependent on the opinion of others.
Go within and do what your spirit guides you to do. Let others share their opinions, but in the end you must be your own authority.
Everyone thinks they know what it is best. Everyone has an opinion. But opinions are easy. You are the one who must live with the consequences of your actions. You are the one who must live with the decisions that you make. It’s easy to have an opinion when it’s not your life. Its easy to have an opinion when its not you who has to live with the consequences of that opinion.
So go deep within now and listen deeply within so that you will know what is yours to do and what is not yours to do.
There are so many opinions and if you are overly affected by the opinions of others you will not be able to do what is yours to do. There will always be those who dislike your work. There will always be those who look with a critical eye or have nothing constructive to say. There will always be those who mean well but still shout out their bad advice despite their best intentions.
Go deep within now. Listen to your own inner voice. Listen to your own guides. Listen to the whispers of spirit all around you. All of life is guiding you.
Stand in your own convictions now.
Affirm:
I stand in my convictions.
I stand in my convictions.
I stand in my convictions.
See what it feels like to stand in your convictions. Feel the strength. Feel the confidence. Feel the clarity.
Stand in your convictions and allow your life to unfold.
Do not allow yourself to be unduly influenced by the opinions of others. Instead seek your own counsel. This is the lesson being set before you.
Become a more independent thinker.
Affirm:
I seek my own counsel.
I seek my own counsel.
I seek my own counsel.
In the end it is you that will have to live with the consequences of your decisions and so it is you that must decide how to be.
Do not give your power away to others.
Claim your power now.
Stand up.
Stand up.
Stand up.
Have the courage to stand in your convictions even if all those around you disapprove.
Stand in your convictions and remain open to the learning process knowing that your thoughts, feelings and beliefs will evolve and grow.
Stand in your conviction now and go forward with an attitude of openness and deep listening, attuning as best you can to the moment.
If you are in conviction alone, you will become too rigid.
If you are just in openness you will be a leaf in the wind.
And so combine the two now, stand in your convictions and maintain the openness needed to learn, grow, and evolve.
You can always find someone to support your belief and you can always find someone to tell you, you are wrong.
Listen deeply instead. Keep your own counsel. Stand in your convictions and maintain an openness so that continued growth and learning can occur.
Seek to be as open as you can and as full of conviction as you can.
Do not be afraid to be open and do not be afraid to stand in your conviction. Both are needed for a life of balance.
Affirm:
I am open.
I am open.
I am open.
I am open to learning.
I am open to growing.
I am open to evolving my current state of mind.
I am open.
I am open.
I am open.
And affirm:
I stand in my conviction.
I stand in my conviction.
I stand in my conviction.
I hold my point of view.
I express my opinions.
I say what is mine to say.
I stand my ground.
Affirm:
I am balanced.
I am both open and I stand in my convictions.
I am open to the thoughts and opinions of others but in the end I seek my own counsel.
I am not overly affected by the opinions of others.
I listen deeply to my own inner wisdom.
I am an independent thinker.
I am learning to listen within.
I am learning to listen to my guides.
I am learning to listen to the spiritual forces that are all around me.
I am learning to listen to myself and my deepest knowing.
Practice now going within, listening deeply, and following your own inner guidance. In this way you will learn how to seek your own counsel and how to stand in your own convictions, while simultaneously remaining open to growth, learning, and the evolutionary process of life.
Hayley Mermelstein
c.2015
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