4 - Prove it!

I met with a friend for dinner today.  She has been unemployed for a very long time, and now is wanting to get back into the work force.  She has tried occasionally throughout the years but has developed an amazing inner voice as to why she is not getting work.  She 'thinks' this and 'what if' that and 'maybe I'm' something else.  She has a fair amount of education and doesn't want to work at something 'beneath' her ... but the fact is that even her education is out of date and she would not be successful in that world.

As I talked to her and laid things out for her, I took careful note at how I needed to follow the advice I was giving her.  And it narrowed down to: "prove it".  Prove to me that what you 'think' is true, prove to me that if you did it, then your fear would come true.  Prove it.  And until you've DONE it, no "I'll try" or "I want to" or "what if" is going to have any weight.  She used 'I'll try' more times than I could count!  and I "tried" (haha!) to nail her on it every time! Changing that inner dialogue is not easy.  But, maybe that's a place to start ... for her and for me.  No more "I'll try" ... in the words of Yoda - "DO, or do not .. there is no try."   Prove me wrong or prove me right, but prove it!  And, the best of all, would be to prove all those voices in your head how wrong they are!  No better way to shut them up than rubbing their face in how wrong they are!!

Today's Gratitude Moments
1/ Today, I'm grateful for hearing encouragement for me coming out of my own mouth.
2/ Today, I'm grateful for having the strength to return the purse that I really didn't need.
3/ Today, I'm grateful for the suggestions I'm getting from people when I tell them my situation!
4/ Today, I'm grateful for the awesome resumes I've been able to put together.
5/ Today, I'm grateful for the talk with LR ... her encouragement and her belief in me I wrapped around me like a cloak and glowed in it!  I felt unbeatable when I hung up with her!