Look at You!

A Love Letter to Myself

Photo by Noah Silliman on Unsplash

I don’t want to miss the opportunity to honor what you’ve done. Since no one else has direct access to the seismic shifts in your inner weather patterns, this role belongs to me, and I’m thrilled to be the one to tell you …

You’ll look back on it as a pivotal point, the moment it dropped into your awareness that only one thing could soothe the destructive inner turmoil: you needed to believe in yourself.

Rather than dismissing it as trite or too vague or not the solution you were hoping for, you paid attention. You tried it.

I believe in you.

Immediately, you felt a shift, a lightning strike that pierced the darkness, the truth shining brightly in that momentary, magnificent flash.

No wonder you want to dwell on those words and find yourself repeating them again and again. Their momentum is unstoppable.

I believe in you.

The sharp, cutting, thunderous confusion falls away, and in its place stands a still, quiet, powerful knowing.

I believe in you.

You take back the energy that was feeding disappointment, nurturing frustration, and clouding you with self-doubt. Redirecting that precious energy toward the truth of Who You Are makes all good wildly possible.

I believe in you.

You can feel the fierceness of the belief; like a lion’s roar, its strength reverberates within you and cannot be silenced. Yet the belief is also gentle; it needs nothing and simply exists, unwavering.

I believe in you.

The thoughts that left you feeling twisted inside are nowhere to be found; instead, uplifting, empowering thoughts unfurl your wings, allowing you to soar.

Because you believe in you.

So now you’ll remember: It’s easy to slip into thinking someone else’s belief in you is more important than your own. But the deepest power ~ the kind that sustains you, propels you, and leads you where you most want to go ~ lives inside you, which is why this will always be an extraordinary catalyst and turning point:

Going within. Feeling the truth of Who You Are. And then focusing your energy. I believe in you.

*If this piece resonated with you, consider reading it out loud to yourself … or simply saying to yourself, “I believe in you.”