Inner Critic

I'm sitting here on a Saturday morning in the semi-dark wondering what I am going to write about. I wouldn't consider myself an expert on anything, but I'd like to add value to my blog and have people enjoy reading it. I know what I need to talk about is what I know and my in critic whispers “That won't take long.” 

What I know is that Ike most people I have many different titles and I grew up in a very normal family and I do, pretty much, all the things other people do. That doesn't mean my story or journey through life isn't unique. We may have similar parts or situations that we've lived through but my story and journey is my own. No one has lived my exact life and that's special. 

I am realizing that while our inner critic has and loud voice that's only purpose is to hold us back from everything we want to do, from our dreams. While we are listening to that voice we are forgetting a few things. We write our stories, plan our journeys, create our lives. Those stories, journeys, and lives are as unique as we are. No one else will from start to finish have the exact same one. When that critic is the loudest, it usually when we are on the right track. There will always be things that will seems so big, so overwhelming that we begin to listen to that critic and believe it's just not possible. It just won't happen. We need to start treating that inner critic like a crabby child and tell it to go take a nap. 

Aubrey Hepburn once said “Nothing is impossible. The very word itself says I'm possible.” I may lead a very “boring” “normal” life. Yet with three kids, a grandson, my husband, a very spoiled kitty, an old faithful dog, and now some bunnies living under our deck you just never know what could happen around here. So with my inner critic in time out I'm going to live my life, chase my dreams, and sit down once in a while to tell you about it.