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Narrated by Marie T. Russell.
InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration
January 11, 2024
The focus for today is:
I choose to see the good in others and situations,
and learn to enjoy what I have right now.
Today's inspiration was written by Jude Bijou:
Do you feel like you're never enough? That there's never enough time? Money? Friends? Great opportunities? Recognition? Do you believe if you had or did something else -- got married, earned more, were thinner, danced better, or had more time -- you'd finally relax and feel okay? Do you secretly measure everything against an invisible standard and come up lacking?
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you are not alone. The price you pay for being stuck in thinking "not enough" is that you are engaged in a never-ending struggle, reaching for more to appease restlessness and affirm your self-worth. Your tendency to constantly measure what comes your way leaves you feeling unfulfilled, inadequate, or dissatisfied.
Having this scarcity mindset, keeps us wanting and never satisfied. To change and move out of this deep-seated attitude, we must do some inner work. Depending on our particular "not enough" stuff, we must rigorously focus on what enriches us, see the good in others and situations, and learn to enjoy what we possess right now.
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Today's inspiration was adapted from the InnerSelf.com article:
A "Not Enough" Attitude: Not Enough Time, Stuff, Money, Friends, Opportunities
Written by Jude Bijou.
Read the complete article here.
This is Marie T. Russell, co-publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of seeing the good in everything and everyone (today and every day)
Comment from Marie: Our inner critic is the ultimate "downer friend", It is a master at finding things that are wrong with you, with others, with things, with life... Give it a day off, and bring in your inner appreciator. You, and the people around you, will feel much better for it.
Our focus for today: I choose to see the good in others and situations, and learn to enjoy what I have right now.
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RELATED BOOK: Attitude Reconstruction
Attitude Reconstruction: A Blueprint for Building a Better Life
by Jude Bijou, M.A., M.F.T.
With practical tools and real-life examples, this book can help you stop settling for sadness, anger, and fear, and infuse your life with joy, love, and peace. Jude Bijou's comprehensive blueprint will teach you to cope with family members' unsolicited advice, cure indecision with your intuition, deal with fear by expressing it physically, create closeness by truly talking and listening, improve your social life, increase staff morale in just five minutes a day, handle sarcasm by visualizing it flying by, carve out more time for yourself by clarifying your priorities, ask for a raise and get it, stop fighting via two easy steps, cure kids' tantrums constructively. You can integrate Attitude Reconstruction into your daily routine, regardless of your spiritual path, cultural background, age, or education.
For more info and/or to order this book, click here. Also available as a Kindle edition.
About the Author
Jude Bijou is a licensed marriage and family therapist (MFT), an educator in Santa Barbara, California and the author of Attitude Reconstruction: A Blueprint for Building a Better Life.
In 1982, Jude launched a private psychotherapy practice and started working with individuals, couples, and groups. She also began teaching communication courses through Santa Barbara City College Adult Education.
Visit her website at AttitudeReconstruction.com/
