Have you ever heaped criticism and condemnation upon yourself? Jabs coming your way in the form of
- I can never get it right!
- I always mess up.
- I’m a total failure.
- My future is hopeless.
- I might as well not try anymore…
Many people fight these kinds of depressing thoughts and feel overwhelmed by them. But there is a victory to be had over such self-destructive thinking.
God did not make a failure!
Every one of God’s creatures is designed for success, and to experience more of our God-given worth, we need to identify ourselves as worthy children of God.
If we see ourselves as failures and hopeless cases, we’re not looking at a child of God. We’re looking at a demoralized mortal mind view, which is always depressing.
The cure for the depressed view is to get the right view, the spiritual view.
God’s child is full of good, full of promise, and endowed with talent and ability. God’s child is not weak, unintelligent or disconnected. God’s beloved is cared for, loved and divinely supported.
See yourself the right way, from God’s perspective, and you’ll realize more of your God-given worth and ability.
To a man who was getting down on himself and criticizing his past behavior, I said, “Quit beating up on yourself! You have infinite worth and value. Maybe you have more to discover about the real you, but give yourself a running chance to make that discovery. Value the brilliant child of God you are! What you did yesterday doesn’t determine what you can experience today.” It helped turn his attitude around and head him in a more positive direction.
Same rule applies to all of us.
We must not get mesmerized by a lie. We can know the truth about ourselves as God’s child and not be mesmerized by a demoralized mortal mind view, which is always wrong.
God made each of us spectacular!
You are unique, individual and wonderful in your own special way.
Don’t beat up on yourself. Love your real self—your spiritual self–made in God’s image, and live Life to the fullest.
“Man’s spiritual individuality is never wrong. It is the likeness of man’s Maker.” Mary Baker Eddy
Thanks Evan…I needed that!
with Love, Kate
Evan: What a great thought as I needed that direction. Recently I have experienced some negative thoughts about who I am and where I am going.
I will get back on tract.
What strange circumstances brought me to this site. I was seeking out a thread on Willard Wigan — to use his art to explain the miracles that still occur among us. That led somehow to this site and blog, and I idly clicked on “Don’t beat up on yourself.”
Words to save a life.
Mine needed.
Thanks.
Be to God.
Thanks for sharing past blogs too. In looking for something for grandchildren, (all children actually) regarding depression, I found this and it is so perfect. Evan, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to do this, it is like having a CS Practitioner in the family.
Well, I suppose we actually do, don’t we? The family of man! Grama
“What you did yesterday doesn’t determine what you can experience today.”
Perfectly for uplifting my thought this morning.
The closer I get to a truth about my spiritual being, the more “imps from the past” seem to appear, suggesting I relive times I would rather not. I pray them away, one at a time–not always so easily, so they hover, seemingly turn into goblins that would follow me around, hounding me.
Hovering is, of course, all they can do because these false memories aren’t real. Once I get a handle on it, each disappears like a wisp of smoke into the nothingness it was. Sometimes it’s like batting at flies… but eventually you finally get one! and gradually they’ll all disappear. This is “untangling my snarls”, (to paraphrase Mrs. Eddy), I suppose.
Thank you “Grama” for replying to this post so it was brought to my attention. It’s the “handle” I needed this morning!
And thank you Evan for keeping these posts available. Loving thoughts to both of you!
“Perfect” not “perfectly”–edited poorly–;)