Affirmations:
I do my best everyday in every way.
I need not compare with others: I value myself.
I am a gift with my Presence alone.
I am true to myself in what I think and say and do.
Everyone
is doing the best they know!
They
would be doing better if they knew better.
Life is a
potpourri with lots to learn and lots to choose.
When we get
stuck, we do the same thing over and over.
If we
knew better we would do better.
When we are
stuck in judgment of what is right and wrong, we cannot learn a new song.
When we are
attached to what we have learned to be true, we may not hear what is right for
you.
When we are
defending our righteous choice, we may not notice others’ opposing voice.
Life
offers judgments and comparisons.
Life gives
us ways of measuring and evaluating.
Life shows
us how always to improve and use what we have.
Life
constantly asks us to make changes, learn more, do it better.
When I
am uncertain about myself and my ethics, I may be questioned.
When I am
confused about what is selfish or of service, I may be doubted.
When I am
overwhelmed with the pressures of constant scrutiny, I may be stressed.
When I am
certain and confident in the choices I make, I will be confident and at peace.
Testing
is one way of self inventory to help us recognize where we are.
Being awake
and aware is a way of inviting us to flow with this moment now.
Being
bumped by the world and its doubts and distrust is a way of discerning what is
our best.
Taking the
high road is a way of learning and letting go of what is not helpful and
beneficial.
I would
remind myself and you, my friend, that each one of us is doing our best.
Considering
the circumstances, our state of mind, what we desire, we are each doing the
best we know.
When we trust
in the basic desire of all humans to survive and feel safe, each uses the tools
available.
When we
recognize the need to belong and be loved, to achieve and leave a legacy, we do
our best.
Everyone
has similar basic instinctual desires with totally different experiences and
backgrounds.
Each one
has unique coping mechanisms and strategies, values and habits, beliefs and
paths.
We all use
what we have to do what we believe we need to do to get our needs met.
We must
trust ourselves and others to freely choose what seems to work for us.
When we
trust and free ourselves, we will trust and free others.
When we
doubt and restrict ourselves, we tend to doubt and limit others.
When we
believe in our right to find happiness our own way, we support others to do the
same.
When we
make up we know what is best for all, we tend to make others do what we want
them to do.
These
loving reminders are a gift to myself and hopefully a gift to you, from time to
time.
My way may
not be your way, and I trust you to choose without making anyone wrong.
When we are
going the same direction in life, we can hold hands and share.
When we are
going different ways, we can release and bless one another’s journey.
May this
and all I share be helpful to you in clarifying what is true for you.
Blessings
are found as I trust and free you and me to find our own way to follow.
Love always Love,
Betty Lue