DO YOU HEAR YOURSELF LOUD AND CLEAR? (154)

When you talk to yourself which voice do you hear most often?
The voice in your head that frees you to stand up for yourself?
Or the voice in your head that puts you down?


When you talk to yourself, which voice answers most often?
The voice that stands up for you? (Good try!  Give it another go!)
Or the voice that puts you down? (You could have done better, Dumby.)


When you talk about yourself, do you hear how you feel about your self?

Do you hear when you encourage yourself?  (I'll learn this step by step.)

Or do you hear yourself discourage yourself?  (I'll never get this right!)

That was the easy part
Here's where
Self awareness gets confusing:


Do you stand up for yourself at those times when you need to look into yourself?  (I am not defensive!  I do not put myself down!  You're crazy!)

Do you stand up for yourself at those times when someone says your negatively focused perceptions are putting them down?

What happens when a person's spirit stands up to your denial for the last time?

Can you hear the difference between your assertive voice, which knows your strengths vs. your defensive voice that is blind to your weaknesses?

When you talk to yourself or about yourself, which ear does the listening—your self confident ear (open to learning) or your fearful ear (closed minded, denial)?

We have two eyes on our heads

Both look for the negative or both look for the positive

We have two ears on our heads

Both hear the negative or both hear the positive


We have two voices inside our heads

One lifts up

One puts down

When does your darkly focused voice emerge most often?


With whom do you feel nurtured, nourished, at peace?

With whom are you on edge?  Hungry for something intangible?  Anxious?

To whom do you stand up courageously?  Listen openly?

To whom do you listen defensively? With close mindedness?


From whom do you stuff emotion inside?  (From yourself? Fear? Love? Anger?) Why doth the spirit of Socrates implore friends and foe to know thyself?

Why might thee be afraid to know thy whole self?

Which traits doth thee fear seeing?  Feeling? Accepting?  Working to change?


Low self esteem hides weakness within.

High self esteem seeks to know where weakness lies.

Not weakness in others—weakness in one self.

If we can't 'fix' weakness in others, then where doth our work lie?


Which traits must we muster

Before
Change for the better can begin?

Patience
My friend

And
Above all else

Courage


I've yet to meet a

Pot

Kettle

Leopard

Dog

Horse

Noodle

Person who liked the healthy taste of crow ... and so it goes ...