Affirmation: I am blessed!

Easy to feel blessed when things are going well or we’re feeling good about ourselves, but the rub comes when things aren’t going or feeling so great, right?

Is it possible to feel blessed when we’re feeling anxious or depressed?

I struggled with that concept during the long years I was dealing with anxiety and depression. It seemed to be out of my grasp on my worst days, but very do-able.

As I worked on my healing, I found a very interesting connection!

I discovered that as I was teaching myself to LIKE myself, I was able to connect more and more with feeling blessed!

Does this sound strange?

After all, there’s so many books written about the wonders of gratitude and counting our blessings, but when we have a very negative self image and struggle to feel good about ourselves, we’re also going to struggle with feeling blessed, when actually we may feel more like a loser!

That was what I was feeling, then I felt GUILTY that I wasn’t able to connect with those positive feelings when it seemed everyone else had gotten it so easily!

So, if you read the affirmation above and are able to connect with it, keep reminding yourself of all the little miracles in your life, and feeling blessed with them!

However, if you’re in the space I was, where you’re struggling to feel blessed, please don’t despair!

The pathway to being able to feel blessed and to see the blessings instead of all the troubles, is to work on teaching yourself to like yourself a whole lot more!

How do we teach ourselves something we have no idea to do?

Start small, with baby steps!

We’ve had years and years of practice running a negative inner dialogue, so starting to say positive things to ourselves feels unnatural, even fake.

The trick is to start small with believable things!

Remember, it’s normal to mess up or make mistakes in life!

Practice giving yourself GRACE! Practice NOT immediately speaking harshly to yourself!

Practice reassuring yourself, telling yourself that you’re going to be okay!

Next: start with gentle believable affirmations to build up, uplift, encourage and heal your spirit!

Affirmations are wonderful, there’s so many out there, that a little Google search reveal some which speak to you!

We know we’re healing and growing out inner acceptance, when we’re able to read some affirmations (which gave us difficulty to read previously) with ease.

So, how do you feel when you say the words “I am blessed”?

Here are more uplifting posts:

• Things are being worked out for the best!
• I don’t think people realize how much strength it takes to pull yourself out of a dark place mentally. So if you’ve done that today, I’m proud of you.
• Your journey will be much lighter and easier if you don’t carry your past with you!
• Your past mistakes are meant to guide you not define you!
• Look for something positive in every day, even if some days you have to look a little harder.
• Temporary defeats aren’t permanent failures.
• Good things can still happen in the midst of chaos.
• Flawed and (still) worthy.
• Your mind is a garden, Your thoughts are the seeds.
• Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be!
• No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again.
• New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings…
• Change is never painful, only resistance to change is painful.
• Know that your deepest gifts grow in the garden of your wounds.
• You are worthy of a miracle because you yourself are one!
• Butterflies cannot see their wings, but the rest of the world can!
• Choose to see the good stuff!
• Good things are coming down the road. Just don’t stop walking.
• For everything I am not there is something that I am.
• Positive thinking must be followed by positive doing.

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Blessings!
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Tamara

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