Michael

Sitting in the Brussels airport today, I was reflecting on how hard people can be on themselves. Life can be challenging enough, without the inner critic we all seem to engage in on a regular basis. The reasons or excuses we use to justify this behavior are as varied as the people that come up with them. But, really, it usually boils down to one thing; we don’t like ourselves in some fashion or another.

Do you sometimes talk negatively to yourself? For example:

• I’m so stupid.
• I can’t believe I did that.
• I’m an idiot.
• I always make the wrong choice.
• I never seem to get it.
• I don’t like my (fill in a body part).
• I constantly make mistakes.
• I can’t talk to people.

I’m sure you can think of many others. But the point is we ALL make mistakes ALL the time. It’s not the end of the world. It’s part of growing, learning and experiencing life. We learn much more from our mistakes than things we did “right”.

So, next time you give yourself a hard time for a mistake you did, just say, “So what.” And then simply change directions and go the way you want to go. That’s a much better way of learning and changing than beating yourself up.

Remember, Be Easy on Yourself. You’ll be glad you did.

Have a wonderful day, relax and be easy, okay?

Michael