Where did THAT come from?

[mousme]

Colour me stunned.

Every now and then I have minor epiphanies about myself and the way I'm leading my existence. This one came about when someone on a forum I frequent posted one of those ubiquitous "self-analysis workshop" things, this one being, IIRC, "Your Best Year Yet." Whatever. They're a dime a dozen, and are only moderately useful as far as I'm concerned.

This one proved to be no exception, except for one thing: it asked me to verbalize all the limiting thoughts/paradigms I impose on myself that keep me from [insert jargon here] being all I can be, or whatever.

So the usual ones came up: what if I fail?, etc. Nothing new there. Second-Guessing Self is a skill I have in spades.


And then this little thought cropped up:


I'm not important.


...


Excuse me, WHAT?

Dude, I thought I got rid of that one YEARS ago. What the hell is it doing coming back ten years later?


*sigh*

Two steps forward, one step back... Back to the drawing board.

Comments

[luvenditti.livejournal.com]

p.s. knowing is only half the battle. sometimes an issue is like mint. you may think that you've gotten it all out, but it just keeps coming back.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

knowing is only half the battle

Sorry, it must be the lack of coffee, because my brain shouted: "G.I. JOE!" at me when I read that. :P

Otherwise, yes. God, yes.

[joane.livejournal.com]

my brain shouted: "G.I. JOE!" at me when I read that.

This is how you know a child of the 80s.

I love you, and I'm listening. The "I thought I killed you years ago!" stuff is insidious and brutal. You'll beat it back again; you've already proven that you're stronger than it is, even if it had a resurrect or two left to use.

[toughlovemuse.livejournal.com]

sometimes an issue is like mint. you may think that you've gotten it all out, but it just keeps coming back.

PERFECT.

*admires the nice simile*