Embrace Your Creativity and Trust Your Gut
And let your inner child run the show
Sometimes, when I feel the urge to create something (always) I feel pulled in so many directions I overwhelm myself with all of my want tos.
What should I do? What do I make? Then what do I do with it? So many questions keeping trying to keep me from making the thing I want to make. So instead of attempting to answer them, what do I do?
I give myself a time-out.
I close my eyes, I breathe, and I imagine creating various things. Eventually, the thing I end up making is the one that, when I visualized it, made me smile. I went with my gut and I’m always happy in the end that I trusted me.
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Think back to when you were say, five years old or so. Chances are when faced with the decision between cheddar flavored goldfish crackers or cherry-flavored gummy worms, you didn’t get out your handy pad and pencil and make a PRO and CON list about which one you should choose. No, you just went for the one you FELT like having. And once you made the choice you were happy to go about the business of thoroughly enjoying that choice.
Kids don’t usually suffer from overanalyzing everything. of course, you may be thinking that’s fine and dandy since they have grown-ups around them keeping them out of trouble. True, but that doesn’t mean we should dismiss that natural inner instinct we all have inside of us.
Have you ever been in a situation where you felt like you were in danger and something inside told you to get out of dodge?
Have you ever just “had a feeling” about something and it turned out to be true? It happens often, this intuition of ours, at small and large moments in our lives.
At Leeds University researchers figured out that intuition is a psychological process where the brain uses past experiences we’ve had and it thinks it up so fast that we don’t register it at the moment on a conscious level. It’s super speedy decision-making. For me, it’s more of a childlike slash spiritual thing…
I feel it, I do it. I trust it.
To help sharpen my intuition muscle I use affirmations.
Affirmations used to be something you only heard talked about it in spiritual circles but these days, many more people are enjoying the benefits.
Some Pro athletes use them before a game as part of their desire to build a winning mindset.
Why affirm? The number one reason why — is because we have about a gazillion negative thoughts at any given moment that throw wild ragers inside of our minds. And those negative Nancys and negative Nicks don’t party well with Positive Penelopes and Positive Pauls. Why not fill your mind with the good stuff? That way the negative thoughts, can be on their way.
Repeating affirmations has been proven to calm your mind and help build self-esteem, making it easier to hear what your gut is trying to tell you.
Also, it doesn’t take much time and it’s free! So, why not?
Let’s affirm together now. Since we’re here.
I trust that inspiration finds me easily.
I know what’s best for myself.
My life unfolds in magical and unexpected ways.
I rise effortlessly above all challenges.
My path forward is becoming clear and clearer.
I trust in the natural flow of life.
I grateful receive all that comes my wa.y
I trust myself.
Now about that kid inside of you…
If you let your child within lead the way, you might find yourself living in a more spontaneous state of awe.
Also, love that child, hug them and never, ever scold them.
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