Why do you allow people or outside forces to determine your worth?
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It’s a brand new day with a brand new question, so take out your journal and pen and let’s get started.
Today’s question is a sneak attack of sorts. If you notice, I didn’t ask “do you”, I asked “why do you”. This would mean, I already knew this was something you probably do.
How did I know?
The average person’s decisions about who they are or who they would like to be usually stem from the people or environment around them. No one wants to be an outcast, so they try their best to assimilate. What is never realized is these people and places are now determining the worth of that person because if they truly felt worthy they would stand out from the crowd.
Standing out by knowing your worth isn’t always easy to do. We have been bred as a society to never break away from the pack. And if we do, society has been taught to treat us like we have 3 heads. So we do what is easiest and causes the least amount of attention.
But why?
We know following the crowd is not something we should be doing. We know we could do better, but there is something that is keeping us from living authentically. We place our value on how others see us rather than who we see when we look in the mirror.
Take some time with this. You may actually believe people or outside forces don’t determine your worth when in reality they actually do. List the things you would not do if others or society minded their own business. That will clue you in that it’s happening around you. Then ask yourself why.
Remember, show yourself grace and compassion. Feel the feeling in an effort to move past them.
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