I'm working a temporary position for the week, just waiting for the start of my actual new job. I'm filling in for a claims adjuster who is training other claims adjusters to be claims adjusters. It's a beautiful thing! We need more ethical and well-minded individuals out there observing and investigating the likes of proximate causes for perils! This is something the world needs now, and I'm quite happy to be a part of the process. I wanted to retain my employment in the insurance business, but I thought the path I was going down would lead me into wealth management perhaps selling insurance products such as variable annuities and such; but I have, as they say, "gone in a different direction". I am loving every minute of it.
Today, during the initial start up training, we were asked to watch an 8 minute video about motivation and how motivating oneself is the best way to start the day, to make the plans for the day, to keep one on track, to keep the momentum for the assignment as well as the processes. I was really impressed by the video's underlying message; it was actually, in my opinion, stronger than the initial message. The underlying message was (is) about resetting your mind to the point (each time you need to) that you remember to remember what your goals are. You need to (and have the capability to) reset your mind at any given second during the day. You don't have to wait for any particular moment or event to occur. You can reset and fail, reset and fail, reset and fail, over and over again, but the very important part is the fact that you reset and continue to do so in order to reiterate to yourself that you are as confident as you need to be, and you are the one who makes the ultimate choice in your life to be the stronger you.
People are constantly coming up to me after I give a presentation and saying how they simply can't talk to people in a public manner. I usually end up saying "You're talking to me right now", and they end up stepping back a second to realize that they are doing exactly that. They are speaking to someone publicly that they have never met before! It's not as hard as everyone makes it out to be. Really it's not. The scary part is when you allow your own mind to reject your message before you share it with others. You may be afraid of their reaction. You may not think you're voice is strong, or that it doesn't sound just right. That is no reason to stop talking and it is no reason to stop sharing your message. It needs to be heard. YOU need to be heard. Your opinions matter. EVEN if your opinion is not accepted by a single other person, you accept it, and it is YOUR opinion. Own it.
When we absolutely choose to be shunned we are shunned. How does that saying go..."Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you are right." We are the authors of our own books, the books we create within our heart, mind, and soul. We are the writers, we are the only ones who can erase the passages or add to them. We edit them. We are often apt to set the book down, never to be seen, read, or shared. We are scared to produce. We are afraid of rejection to the point of rejecting ourselves. This is not acceptable to anyone, let alone ourselves, but there we are. Did you know that God Himself has given us the power within ourselves to stand and be heard? It's true. The One who with His own voice created literally everything that is, has given us the power to call up from within our soul, the Holy Spirit, to use as a tool, as a ladder, to climb up to the top and make known whatever the message is that we are suppose to deliver. Make no mistake, if you have breath, you have a message to deliver!
Our minds are so strong. Our mind is the place where every thought and idea begins. Our minds are the one things no one else can own or claim. They are ours forever and they are unique. Each of us has our own way and we should never be extinguished. We may need correcting. We may need redirecting. We may need education, and we certainly need to be disciplined, but our minds are who we have become and who will remain. You can't mask a mind. You can stop it, but you can't cover it up. Let your mind light shine! Let you mind light blaze with all of its held and repressed glory. Let your mind light beam so brightly that when others look at you they want to find the wick to burn theirs as well. Be their beacon! You may set a fire that may never be tamed - - such a glorious legacy!
One really good mind resetting exercise, incase you need one, is to go into your closet where you can be alone and close your doors, close your eyes. Reach out with your hands and touch, feel the clothes around you, try to describe them using only your touch and memory of what you remember about them. Then dress others in your clothes and have them pretend to be you -- all in your mind - - have them walk like you, talk like you, dance, or ride a bike like you. Have them say what you wish you could say, and what you want to say to them! Let your mind wander past the clothes and scope out the boxes and other things in the closet. Again, try to use your senses to recreate the mind exercise that will allow personification and animation of these objects...it's your mind. No one has the right to shut it off. Be openly and bluntly honest about your thoughts. Now, allow yourself to really laugh! You win!
Our mindset is what keeps us protected from insults. We have to accept an insult before it can hurt us. If we don't allow it, it simply falls flat. Remember that. You are your own best defense against the waves of rejection that may try to harm your level of appreciation for yourself. YOU and only you are the one who can reset that precious brain; and then, do it again! JUST FOR THE SHEER FUN OF IT. Let your heart race and sing! No one is you -- NO ONE can do for you what you alone can do for you when you set that mind, your mind, to be who you really do want to be. Stop trying to fit into their boxes! Dance on top of your own!
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