Positive Mental Attitude
As we know by now, the very reason we don’t like adapting to change is fear. It could be the fear of losing our comfort zone, it could be the fear of losing respect; trust me the fears are endless.
The fear?!
Why do we fear? One of the main answers to that question is that we don’t value ourselves highly enough. We think we couldn’t possibly do that, we couldn’t do anything new, no, no, no! Not us…
Use this next little story as an analogy. Plus I invite you to test the story out on a colleague or friend who happens to be a little sad or depressed today. It will do them a power of good, to improve their self-esteem.
photo courtesy: hypno-nlp.com
THE BIG BANK NOTE
A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a huge bank note. Not huge in size, but huge in value.
In this room were 200 people, he asked, “Who would like to accept this bank note of immense value?”
Hands started going up. He said, “I am going to give this bank note to one of you but first, let me do this. “He proceeded to crumple the bank note up. He then asked, “Who still wants it?” Still the hands were up in the air.
“Well,” he replied, “what if I do this?” And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now all crumpled and dirty.
“Now who still wants it?” Still the hands went into the air.
My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth the immense amount as printed on each face of the note.
Many times in our lives, WE are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless.
But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. Dirty or clean, crumpled or creased, you are still priceless to this life. You are special - Don’t ever forget it!
(Unknown Author)
QUOTE: “Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world – making the most of one’s best.” (Harry Emerson Fosdick)
Andy Bolton
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