Take a quick second to close your eyes and imagine that you are in a very loud bar having a horrible day. When you get there, let's continue moving forward.
On your left there's an absolutely drunk-to-their-last-cell baseball fan screaming and yelling at the TV while spilling his drink everywhere. He's obnoxious, loud, angry, and completely out of control. To make matters worse, he's taken a liking to you and continues to yell in your ear everything about what's wrong with the game, how much the umpires suck, how much the players suck and everything else that is wrong in the world.
Oh good lord now he's telling you about his personal life. Get this guy away from me! Unfortunately, you can't get rid of him.
So because you can't escape, you just sit there and take it. Minute after minute he is telling you everything that is wrong in his life and how much it sucks.
The worst part about all of it is the fact that he is so damn loud you can't even hear yourself think! And I know what you're saying at this point..."I didn't ask for this he just showed up!"
Oh well. For the foreseeable future you're going to be stuck in this place. Might as well get comfortable.
The entire time you spent listening to this fan you failed to realize that Morgan Freeman was sitting on your other side trying to give you some advice about how to get out of this conversation. But, because your attention was so focused on the fan, you failed to hear the other soft speaking voice.
How did you miss that? Because that drunk raging fan...that's your internal critic.
It's a jerk. In fact, most of our internal critics (that negative voice in our mind) are incredibly vicious and know exactly what to say to destroy us. Then, there's the voice of your inner wisdom.
The voice of your inherent wisdom is soft spoken, low, deep and very powerful. If you focus all of your attention on the internal critic, you will never hear the wisdom of your wisdom.
That's, your inner Morgan Freeman.
But if you lose focus and pay attention to the fan, you will never hear that voice. You will only hear negativity.
Instead of tuning into all of that negativity, take some time to adjust and try to hear your inherent wisdom speaking to you.
What is he saying? How is he guiding you?
Listen to that voice inside.
On your left there's an absolutely drunk-to-their-last-cell baseball fan screaming and yelling at the TV while spilling his drink everywhere. He's obnoxious, loud, angry, and completely out of control. To make matters worse, he's taken a liking to you and continues to yell in your ear everything about what's wrong with the game, how much the umpires suck, how much the players suck and everything else that is wrong in the world.
Oh good lord now he's telling you about his personal life. Get this guy away from me! Unfortunately, you can't get rid of him.
So because you can't escape, you just sit there and take it. Minute after minute he is telling you everything that is wrong in his life and how much it sucks.
The worst part about all of it is the fact that he is so damn loud you can't even hear yourself think! And I know what you're saying at this point..."I didn't ask for this he just showed up!"
Oh well. For the foreseeable future you're going to be stuck in this place. Might as well get comfortable.
The entire time you spent listening to this fan you failed to realize that Morgan Freeman was sitting on your other side trying to give you some advice about how to get out of this conversation. But, because your attention was so focused on the fan, you failed to hear the other soft speaking voice.
How did you miss that? Because that drunk raging fan...that's your internal critic.
It's a jerk. In fact, most of our internal critics (that negative voice in our mind) are incredibly vicious and know exactly what to say to destroy us. Then, there's the voice of your inner wisdom.
The voice of your inherent wisdom is soft spoken, low, deep and very powerful. If you focus all of your attention on the internal critic, you will never hear the wisdom of your wisdom.
That's, your inner Morgan Freeman.
But if you lose focus and pay attention to the fan, you will never hear that voice. You will only hear negativity.
Instead of tuning into all of that negativity, take some time to adjust and try to hear your inherent wisdom speaking to you.
What is he saying? How is he guiding you?
Listen to that voice inside.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is a professional life coach at AYKME coaching. Dive into these great Quotes About Strength http://thewordsofencouragement.com/quotes-about-strength/ or these Tired Quotes http://thewordsofencouragement.com/tired-quotes/ to get some motivation to move forward!
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