ghost. . . . .

ghost town, death valley ~ canon 20 d
the words of the critic inside my head goes a
little somethin' like this:
"you have failed at one of the most important commitments
a person can make.
you have wasted time, money, years, and talent in your whirlpool of lostness.
you are fat.
you are poor.
you are inconsistent.
you pretend to be spiritual and yet you would be
the first to tell that woman you
hate to f*** off.
you are moody.
you are edgy.
you have conformed to a way of living that has never been your choice.
you are getting old.
you are not good enough.
you best stay backstage.
you are not pretty.
and sometimes you can be a total jerk."
when i make a list of the things that happen to go through my mind
on an average day, i am amazed with the amount of trash i carry ~
wether true or not ~
its really heavy stuff.
my challenge today is to replace these lines with something a little more encouraging. so when i hear the ghost say to me :
"you are fat" i am going to replace it with "the new sexy is curvy"
even if it seems really dorky and fake to do that, im going to try.
(because self talk this way always feels fake to me, but hell, it has
to be better that what i have been doing)
maybe you could work on replacing some of those yucky voices in your head today, and join with me as i try to clean up my cranium space with words that will lift and empower .....
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