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How to Speak Up Through Insecure Thoughts
I sat in the meeting wondering if I could say what was on my mind. It seemed like a good idea but what if they didn’t like it? Or worse, what if I was stating the obvious? Or I offend someone? How would I know that what I was thinking was worth sharing? Did they really want to hear from me?
This has changed.
Now I trust my wisdom when it shows up.
I’m not saying that I no longer feel insecure. I do, all of the time. What has changed is my relationship with insecurity and what I understand about insecure thoughts.
“Your thoughts are like the artist’s brush. They create a personal picture of the reality you live in.” “All you have to know is everything is created from thought, you don’t have to know anything else.” — Sydney Banks
Thought is the playdough that we use to create our experiences in life. Thought expresses ideas and thought creates emotion. Emotions like insecurity and imposter syndrome. They are created through the power of thought, by me. Not by anything outside of me.
So, did I make them up? My insecure thoughts? I can see that I did and that I do.
And I might be fooled into thinking that they are serving me but I know better. Insecurity is nothing more than a formless thought and I don’t need to believe it.
