"If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgment now." — Marcus Aurelius
Your self-image is your unconscious picture of who and how you believe you are — based on all the thoughts, successes, phobias, comments, happiness, emotions, humiliations, frustrations, criticisms, fears, failures, actions, and behaviors that you've experienced and accumulated during your life.
"I can change. I can live out my imagination instead of my memory. I can tie myself to my limitless potential instead of my limiting past." — Stephen Covey
Unfortunately, most of your beliefs were formed in early childhood when you were too immature to recognize authentic information. Your subconscious mind — then and now — accepts all comments, ideas, thoughts, and images as a legitimate belief to be accepted as truth.
"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." — Alvin Toffler
Consequently, your early beliefs — whether true, realistic, or logical — are the basis of all your adult feelings, actions, and behaviors. As an adult though. . .wanting happiness, contentment, and peace in your life, you are very capable of unraveling the knot of false, illogical, and destructive beliefs that wreck havoc in your life.
"The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made. And the activity of making them changes both the maker and their destination." — John Schaar
It's a simple concept, but not easy. Listen to your self-talk, the things you say to yourself about yourself and make a choice [it's ALWAYS your choice] whether or not you really accept that belief. By identifying a belief, you can consciously decide whether or not it currently applies to your life and is beneficial to you. Reject it, accept it, enhance it, or replace it. This is YOUR reality and only you can create it.
"All of us begin to rethink what is good about ourselves — put the past where it belongs — and get on with the possibilities of the present!" — Howard Rainer, Taos Pueblo-Creek
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