Oprah probably helped with this, but it's also become integral in therapy and life-coaching as a mainstay of making life changes.
I've gone through a variety of daily affirmations. Currently I don't have one that I repeat on a regular basis, though one of my favorites is from Course in Miracles and Marianne Williamson's book, A Return to Love: (Also attributed to Nelson Mandella, he quoted CIM/Marianne Williamson in one of his well-known speeches.)
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
I love that quote.
But it's not just about the words that you say, it's the emotional component behind them; the emotional state you feel and conjure in order to put yourself in that energetic space to become the thing you're intending.
Well, this little girl Jessica embodies the excitement and enthusiasm that should, in theory, pack a powerful punch for an intention or affirmation to come to fruition.
One last note. I've had several, major, trackable things manifest in my life from setting intentions. The ones that have come to fruition that are at the forefront of my mind had a lightness and non-attachment to them that other things I've wanted but ultimately not manifested did not have. More on that another time. For now, I'll leave you with Jessica's enthusiastic bathroom affirmation. Enjoy and let me know what you think.
I can do anything good. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
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