I believe in myself!
Monday, August 24, 2009 at 12:01AM Over the last few years, this has been something that I have had to say to myself many times and in many different situations. The first time I ever said it was when I was a kid, and I was first seeing spirits, and I told my parents and they didn't believe what I was seeing. Of course I was a child and I had an overactive imagination, but I REALLY was seeing spirits, but at that time I was calling them ghosts. I remember sitting there on my bedroom floor with my 'imaginary friends' as I had been told off again and had to go to my room... I was talking to them, and I said... Well I believe me.
Of course it wasn't the exact affirmation but who would have though that this was going to be something that I said throughout life... to help me believe in what I do and who I am.
I have now said it for sometime... and I never really understood the power of affirmations until I had cancer. I wasn't sure how I was going to get through it, and I kept saying to my self, "I am going to be ok" "I am going to be healthy..." little did I know I was putting it out into the universe and that I was going to get healthy. I was actually at that time, also seeing a healer, although I wouldn't admit that she was a healer, I just wanted to think that she was giving me a massage, I was very skeptical at the time.
I would go and see her week after week and she advised me to read "You can heal your life" by Louise Hay. I didn't bother, until one day she forced the book in my bag, and I was sent home with it. The next session I saw her and she started to ask questions about what chapter I was on and how I was feeling. Questions I couldn't answer unless I had read the book! I was stuck! I had to read it, or not go for my massage.
So I read it and started to understand the power behind affirmations. I must admit, I did feel a little silly talking to myself in the mirror! I mean, who wouldn't? But the more I did it the better I felt and the healthier I was becoming. I started to believe in myself more and more, and I couldn't wait to 'talk to myself' again! ha ha ha
So affirmations became a huge part of my life. They have helped me overcome so much, and as a team we would like to share them with you this week.
I Believe in Myself is such a powerful affirmation, and I have used it all my life, and what you have to realize is as we move through life and our journey there are so many things that we have to accomplish and sometimes there will be people who will put us down or not believe in what we are doing... this is when you have to believe in yourself. So why not start now. Go to a mirror and look yourself in the eyes and say, I BELIEVE IN MYSELF and really mean it. Say it a few times out loud!!
The more you say it the more you will start to believe it. So this week is dedicated to you, and your belief in yourself... it's take to take the step and change your life forever!
So come and join me, and my friends from Reflect My Life, Caroline and Drew for a week of inspiration, hope and guideance in Believing in YOU! www.empowermentweek.com invote your friends and share your affirmations!
Hugs and love
Lisa xx
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Thank you Lisa for the reminder and a so important affirmation :)
I will start right away, and I really look forward to this week with you guys ;)
Love and light from Norway.
Lisa, Thank you for reaching out to people as you do. I believe in affirmations but have easily only worked the practice for a few days and then failed to continue. Today I will begin again and hold myself to make a habit of this practice. Great topic and your support and encouragement is greatly appreciated.
Nancy
I just have to tell you this Lisa. I went to the mirror now, and said the words to myself, feeling a little bit silly. Suddenly I heard a noise from the bedroom. I opened the door, and a beautiful butterfly was sitting in the window. He was trying to get out. I opened the window and he flied away ...so free. It know it is a sign, and a way of telling me that I finally started to go in the right direction.... Thank you Lisa :)
Wensie, that's lovely. Good for you xx
Hello Lisa
To believe and affirm that my life can get better and I can change the big or little things in life was what made it possible for me to come to your work-shop in LA.
I loved my job and couldn't quite understand why I felt the urge to stop working as a busy Acupuncturist. Then I realised I wanted more time to intereact, or to see their soul and do that kind of work. I couldn't make room for that at the level wanted as I put needles in people
So I affirmed one buyer for my clinic, I affirmed a certain sum and then I was going to travel and learn from the best and be inspired to live life to the full and SHARE the joy, gifts and the insight with as many as I could.
I'm living that dream. I had my third course this last weekend. . .
Thank you for reminding us.
And SO looking forward to see you again in Manchester.;-)))
Hello Lisa, well that is an incredible blog...thank you for sharing...
I really believe in "believing", in fact, just after writing this I'm going to do what you said and rush to my mirror ;-)) and have a great conversation with myself.
Thank you Lisa and I wish I could come...
Love,
Lise
Hi, my name is Mona and I am from Norway...
I have been following your work for a long time, and could only hope to meet you some time... Hope you take a trip to Norway soon... anyway
I read this and you really got me thinking, so many things in my life (childhood, realtionsships, sickness) has draged me down, til te piont that I have gotten a depression and have no self confidence left at all... and I begin to realize that I have to start trusting in my self, cause after all is said and done that's the only one Ican really trust in.
And I can belive in myself, even though there are many things I no longer can do, I can still be the best mom to my two beautiful kids and give them all the love they need and more, and I always have, and always will.... I just need to get my priorities straigth and not demand so much of my self... then maybe when I learn to love myself, maybe somebody else will love me to, instead of setteling for crumbes and not beeing appreciated for who I am...
Dear Lene, I am happy for you that you are living your dream.
Good luck with everything. Wishing you all the best and keep believing in yourself.
Lisa, thanks for inspiring me. I am sorry that you had to go through so much.
I LOVE AND RESPECT MYSELF I ACCEPT WHO I AM AND AM PROUD OF WHAT I HAVE ACHIEVED IN MY LIFE SO FAR. WHICH IS A HAPPINESS AND ACEPTANCE OF JUST BEING ME. TRUE HAPPINESS COMES FROM WITHIN AND SPREADS OUTWARDS.
LOVE AND LIGHT TO ALL AND THANKS LISA XXXXX
HUGZZ
KEITH aka THEE YORKY PUDDIN
Good Morning Lisa!
Okay, I am needing some help here. I've been using affirmations for years. I've read and continue to refer to Louise Hay's book "You Can Heal Your Life." However, I'm not great at sticking with the affirmations. Due to my past history, which I am trying so hard to "let go" of, it actually makes me sick to my stomach to say anything positive about myself. I do keep trying over and over again. I don't quit at trying. My mood swings are horrendous and it takes only the smallest of things to knock me off track.
Since this week is devoted to a week of inspiration, hope and guideance would anyone have any advice to help me learn how to stick with the affirmations. Any new suggestions so that I can actually start to believe what I tell myself and not allow myself to get knocked off track so easily?
Thanks for any help.
Love & Hugs to all!
♥ MIchelle ♥
Hey Michelle,
Not Lisa here but another caring person from LW family that recognizes your struggle!
Michelle, I definitely do not have any magical suggestions, but I am asking that you not to give up the fight. We have all at some point of our lives had to push back the demons and move past the darkeness in order to be in the light. It sounds like you are battling and struggling to push through years of hurt and pain relating to your past which must be enormous. I strongly suggest working through it through daily with guided meditation... I have a feeling you may need to work with subliminal healing messages/ meditations in order to assist on reprogramming your mind. You may have to work on relaxing the mind from another angle... subliminally. Try working with LW meditations along with Kelly Howell (Brain sync). Sometimes we have to re-program the mind in order to first relax and accept the beautiful messages that are offered. I have used this method for various things in my own life that were painful to face. If you start this program, you must stick with it and have patience. It does take some but the results are well worth the effort.
Also, possibly change your diet and add more physical exercise or activity. Use a holistic approach and attack it from all angles. You have the power to win this battle.
I hope this helps some. Feel free to contact me on the site.
Love~n~Light,
DreamSpirit
Lisa,
Love the empowerment week idea! What a creative idea to not only put an affirmation on the t-shirt, but make it so you can read it when looking into a mirror... love it!
Your affirmation 'I Believe in Myself' really comes to life after hearing your personal story that really touched me. You bring to light the power of thought and intention which transcends energy to universe making your thoughts a possible reality. What many do not realize is just how powerful our thoughts really are in the creating energy needed for change and transformation. It took me so many skeptical years to realize just how much power we have from within to change our lives.
So I just bought a t-shirt for my partner who will be going away for 1 month to take care of herself. Although she is not leaving for another month and a half, I am going to save the t-shirt for her trip. This special trip she is going on will be good for her and really is all about your affirmation. I know she will love it! I love it too and may just have to get another one for myself. :)
Love~n~Hugs,
DS
Great Blog, Lisa!!! I'll give it a go!!! : ) Much Love <3 <3 <3
Hi my love, What a week this is going to be! I am so looking forward to it and all the aspirations! When I leave here I am going up to my bathroom , look myself in the mirror and say "I believe in me" outloud and over and over again until I feel it gut level.
thanks my love, for being you and for giving us alll the encouragement and empowerment needed to continue on in our lives with what needs to be done.
You are one magnificent woman! See you in October at the workshop.
Love ya lots,
Mary
Thank you Lisa for that lift! I needed it. Sometimes I think the hardest thing to do is to believe in yourself because of life around us. We pay so much attention to it that we lose how simply powerful we are. Believing isn't always an easy thing to do fervently. It's easy to get excited and believe once over a problem, then let it go and hope for the best, but really, we are suppose to fast and pray which means to set time for it every day. To maintain our mental, physical and spiritual strength over it. The problem is, we don't want to keep on keeping on. We lose interest because we see nothing manifesting to our expectation quickly. We question our power and wonder if we really have it. We get lazy and keep ourselves busy doing other things with excuses we don't have time or that we can't focus. It's like I've heard, "well, how bad do you want it?" If we really want something, we shouldn't give up or just give it to the wind thinking it's going to manifest as we believe and let go, if it's meant to be we have it. That's really a false way to believe for something you desire. It's suppose to be an ongoing daily belief that has to be exercised mentally with that held desire otherwise, it will only be a lingering thought. We have to be mentally strong that we WILL have it no matter what, and that the great white light of love and healing is among and upon us always assisting and rewarding our efforts.
In a healing meeting once where I was healed, a lady who was a speaker kept walking the platform back and forth focusing on the great white light of love and healing in our presence to heal us of our infirmities. At the time I had a very sore throat. She said to believe with her as she said the spirit of healing was present and to believe it and accept it for healing at that moment so I did and the sore throat went away about 20 minutes into the meditation. I didn't feel a warm feeling or any kind of feeling when I received my healing. I felt my normal self then the sore throat was just gone. It disappeared. This made me a believer and I realize how important it is to lift up the spirit of healing as though you are creating it's existence into your presence and praising it's power over your body. This takes undisturbed focus.
Another time I very sick with Bronchitis and I was suppose to be in the hospital but my parents couldn't afford it so they took me to a healing service. I was very weak, pale and couldn't talk. I was prayed over then sent home with the words, "According to your faith be it unto you," so I thought ok, I do believe because I did know that others had been healed before so I expected it to be gone in the morning. In the morning it was miraculously gone! and I was so hungry from barely eating over two weeks that I went to the frig to get something to eat and I just broke down and cried in my happiness and thankfulness for that deliverance.
Healing is real and it does take fervent belief, and it goes for anything else you want. It's not easy and it takes practice, but as Lisa said, you have to stay focused by first telling yourself you are real as in your power through faith and what you can accomplish through it. Healing is real, manifestation is real, and miracles are real. You just need to work on your faith and stay with it very strongly and positively. You have to in order to receive and yes, you can do it! Yes you are strong and yes you can do it. Don't let anyone or anything discourage you. It is real and it belongs to you and when it comes it is perfectly done and you must also believe that it will be done for you thoroughly.
Giving up only makes us angry and bitter. That is no ones fault but our own.
In Love,
Ann Waller
Dear Lisa,
Like Melissa, I also get knocked off track very easily and become depressed when I am criticised or feel I am not achieving as much as I should be. I am a perfectionist with very high ideals and burn up a lot of nervous energy. This also results in me getting migraines. I am trying hard to do things that calm me down, such as meditation, massages, etc. At the same time, my husband has enough energy for two people, is up before the birds, and is an incredibly hard worker (and a little too serious for his own good, and mine, sometimes), with very high expectations and very little understanding that "normal" people don't have as much energy or are as vitally healthy as what he is. I feel like I am forever trying to play catch-up. I am at a stage in my life (menopausal and in my fifties) where I no longer want to race around "achieving" the whole day. I am finding it increasingly more important to smell the roses and enjoy the moment... not so easy with a hardworking husband and also not so easy with the recession because it makes me feel guilty. I have my own small business from home where I design limited ranges of lingerie and have started supplying one or two shops but the earnings from that are small but I really love what I do. My problems are really small compared to some but I really would like to stop beating myself up all the time and questioning my every action which prevents me from enjoying the moment. I worry way too much about what other people think and am far too sensitive. Love and hugs, Jeanette, Plettenberg Bay, SA
Lisa,
I needed to read this today. I am finding myself not moving from where I was months ago and that scares me. I have never really allowed myself to believe in affirmations. Sure, in various places I was asked to pick an affirmation for the day, but as soon as I completed the immediate task of picking one, it was out of my head. I guess I am afraid of letting my walls down, even for myself.
Thank you for posting this, for telling us about your experiences with it as well.
Dear Jeanette, hi, you must not worry about what others think. We all worry about what others think too. So you are not alone. You write beautiful words and you have a nice sense of humour especially when you are writing about your grandchildren. So don't feel bad. You are doing well. Take care of yourself and remember to smile.
Empower your head
To search and find
Your deepest thoughts
Of inner mind;
Empower your heart
To love yourself
And rise above
The push and shove;
Empower your legs
To walk with pride,
And grow in strength
With every stride;
Empower your feet
To stand up tall,
To see beyond
The highest wall;
Empower yourself
From head to toe
And affirmations
You will know;
Empower to stand
For what is right –
Now all your dreams
Are in your sight!
Well done!
Caroline~~Thank you for sharing with us on your journey and I hope that we can all share with you as well. Your story is very compelling and honest and I believe in YOU!!! I Believe in me!
I cannot say that I have been consciously using affirmations as I should...but I do know that the energy that they create is something that has always been present in my world...and now I need to recognize how to make them BOLD and true in life, as we all do. We have to believe!!! Our perceptions are everything and we create them with the lens we look through...affirmations redirect the lens, I believe.
Thanks again so much for your contribution here today and see you this week!
Lisa..love always!
xoxo
Heike
Dear Coco,
Thanks so much for your kind words. I needed to hear them. My grandchildren are the most precious gift I have ever received so thank you for mentioning them. In my heart I know I am special in my own way, I must just keep believing it. Your message reminded me of that. Love and blessings, Jeanette
Dear Susanna,
What beautiful words. For some reason, they have struck me more than the other words of affirmation. I am going to note them down and paste them somewhere. Lisa, thanks for a wonderful blog. A great way to start my morning! Blessings, Jeanette
Hi Lisa,
I have just been reading up on what's been going on lately. I have to say, The stories of addiction and illness and severe adversity....What I came away with is how incredibly strong we all are. My medium once told me,"Kim, you've gone through enough to sit out the next several lives!" Well, it seems ALOT of us have. I truely believe that the adversity is given to us to help us grow in spirit and wisdom so that we can help others. Look at how strong you are! See the depth of character you have won through facing adversity. Because of what you've gone through you are uniquely qualified to be a wise woman/man. It's like we are a pot that cracks,breaks and when it mends it can hold even more.
I love you all for being the "real" beautiful people who turn the darkness into a light that we can lead others from their dark places.!
Hi lisa, i will be coming to see you tomorrow in blackpool. I have a gift that i was born with i,v used it for awhile but after my brother was killed i hit a brick wall , just as i think right i have to pull myself together my get and go got up and went. it,s been 2 years now and i know life go,s on.i have forgiven the guy and trying to get on with my life now.