The Story
The story I’m telling myself right now is that I can choose what my history means to me. That means I can decide how much my history affects me. If history prevents you from having a better day, why not let that story go?
We all have a story. Sometimes, you don’t love yourself, and sometimes worse. But in a psych ward, the doctor seems to be the only crazy one.
I’m still pretty up in my head about my story. It is still causing problems. I’m unsure if I’m ready to hear this or quite ready to love myself. The story I tell myself is that I’m not worth loving. I’ve done enough self-work to know that is untrue; when is it ok to let that story go?
If my history is getting in the way of my health and healing, why do I keep talking about it?
Why Talk About History?
Why talk about history? Because it is easy. It is easy to get hooked on your story and never get past it.
That is where the trouble starts. If you don’t grow beyond history, you don’t learn self-love.
Once you hit rock bottom, learning self-love is easy—just a decision. You are worthy of love and, therefore, can love others. You belong in your body and are just fine the way you are.
Why talk about history when you can learn to love yourself?
It is Never Too Late to Love Yourself
Now is a good time to start loving yourself. The benefits are overwhelming, but overcoming the scripts you’ve been running in your head since you were a kid is hard.
Be kind to yourself! Compassion, after all, is what we all need. Notice what your ego said when I suggested that it is easy to love yourself. That is your history, too. You can reparent yourself to a new history. What is the story you are telling yourself?
Don’t Let the Story Become the Problem
Don’t let the story become the problem. The good news is that life can start now. All I have to do is not let the story become the problem.
People get angry when they hear that their story is the problem. That their story is in the way of self-improvement. Don’t let your story become your problem. Instead, accept yourself.
How Do You Convince Someone to Love Themself?
So, how do you convince someone to love themself? The story he is telling himself is so huge that it has become his history. When you ask her about the story, she says, “You don’t think I have tried to get better after all that I have done?” But I’m not sure you can convince someone to love themself.
It’s such a long story. I’m not sure he wants to get better. He keeps talking about his story.
The story I’m telling myself right now is that I can choose what my history means to me. That means I can decide how much my history affects me. And honestly, if history gets in the way of you having a better day, why not let that story go?
