I haven’t done these daily zen’s in a while, but I want to get in the habit of doing them again. What I do with these quotes is to pause and reflect on what they mean to me and my life.

I struggle with believing in myself and what I am capable of. I have been so beaten down by the world that sometimes I don’t even want to try.

I must break the negative self-talk I tell myself and start challenging the thoughts and beliefs I have about myself put on me from destructive people in my life and from my past.

My sense of self-worth has been shattered by others, but I can’t let others define me and decide what I am capable of, which to some people in my past, is not very much.

I need to start recognizing that I am a strong woman, a survivor, and a fighter. So, I need to tell myself these things until I actually believe it.

My therapist says she is holding my hope for me until I can believe it. I want to take that hope for myself at some point, and have changed the way I think and feel.

If I could only grab on to her hope for me, I would be on my way to freeing myself from the self-made prison I have locked myself in.

This quote from Theodore Roosevelt is true; I need to make it my truth, and take that first step to believing in myself- taking the step to freedom.

I have the deep desire to help others through my writing, and hope that my words might resonate with people, but I often doubt that I have any real writing talent, even though many have told me I have.

I may not have all the right words, or be where I want to be in my healing, but others can watch my journey, and maybe take parts of my journey and make them part of theirs.

My goal right now is to find that belief in myself and that hope. I must take a chance and step out of my comfort zone to challenge my negative self-talk. That is the first leap of faith that I can make.

Here’s a beautiful quote from my Gratitude app to brighten your day 😇 https://gratefulness.page.link/yqbs