You just have to remember…

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My child is a sponge. Today I thought it was kind of funny that he was reciting affirmations from Deepak Chopra’s Soul of Healing Meditations. 

“A is for acceptance. Today I will realize that I am a beautiful person just as I am. “

When I plug my iPod into my car, it starts playing things in alphabetical order so we hear A is for acceptance a lot! I just thought it was kind of funny that people pay such good money for programs like the Soul of Healing Meditations, readings, spiritual gurus because we seem to have forgotten how awesome and wonderful we are due to the beliefs and social programming we accept as truth about ourselves. 

Putting it in context with my little one: I’m always telling him how amazing he is and that he can do anything he wants, and how loved he is. When do we make that shift where we forget how loved we are and how worthy of love we are? When do we forget that we are enough?

When do we stop accepting ourselves for who we are? Why do we do that?

Now we pay money as adults to be reprogrammed by affirmations. 

Don’t get me wrong: affirmations are great and I use them a lot, but hearing my three year old recite one today just got me thinking. 

Remember how awesome you are. Remember how loved you are. 

Remember you are worthy of love. Remember you are worth the struggle. Remember that you are the co-creator of your existence. Remember that you are perfect. 

You’ve known it all along.