What if we can't believe deep within us lies a beautiful being? What if we feel too ugly, angry or damaged to be lovable? What if it's too difficult to quiet ourselves and no place feels safe?
Ahhh....the what if's. These are all questions that many have asked, struggled over and continued to wrestle with.
If we can find no beauty within ourselves, we still view ourselves as damaged and unlovable and no place feels safe to us we can do several things. One is to look into the eyes of one that we trust and see what it is that they see in us. There are others who see what we fail to see in ourselves; the ones who we often wonder....why does this person continue to put up with me and want to be around me. Those people see the real us. There may also be strangers who are drawn to us for no reason or teachers or co workers who just seem connected with us, these are the ones who see the real us.
Another thing we can do is take into consideration how powerful our creator must be and wonder, would our creator have created garbage? Would he create a damaged miserable being to send into the world? Can we possibly damage ourselves beyond repair so that even the most powerful being who is capable of complete, unconditional love not possibly love us? What purpose would that serve? What sense does that make. Our souls were created with the utmost of care and love by our creator and we are viewed as nothing but perfect by him. WOW, that's a hard one to wrap our brains around sometimes! Let's take a minute to let it soak in. We were created perfectly by complete love.
Now if there is no place we feel safe we can create our own place in our mind. Let's all think of one person, place or time that makes us feel happy, comfortable or safe. Even if that time last only for a moment. If we can come up with a whole scene with that person or place we can review that scene in our minds reliving out every small detail...slowly notice where we are, the sounds, the smells, the feelings of that scene, place or person. Look at it all and soak it in. This is our safe place and we can come here whenever we want. We can add to the scene or build on it if we desire to do so.
If there is no memory in our life that causes us to feel happy or safe we can come up with something that would make us feel happy and safe now. Perhaps we'd love to lay on a beach by the ocean or climb to the top of a mountain or rest beside a waterfall on a blanket. Let's close our eyes and build a scene in our minds. We can be as creative as we wish. If we've always wanted purple skies and a red sun, picture that. We can paint our scene how ever we want. Warm breezes, cool breezes, moonlit nights or sunny days. We can build our own safe place and visit it whenever we need to or want to. Our safe place may change and grow, it doesn't have to remain the same all the time.
It's all about relaxing, being creative, having fun and remembering we are loved beyond belief always in every way! Now let's all take some time to create our safe place in our minds. Relax and have fun with it.
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