Allowing Is Accepting
Allowing Is Accepting
and Week 10 of 40 Weeks of Inspiration
Allowing is accepting. Think about that for a moment. How you allow someone to treat you, what you continuously allow into your life, tells others that you accept it. For instance, if you allow someone to raise their voice at you each time they are frustrated you are accepting that form of communication. If you allow a coworker to continuously take credit for your work you are accepting that. If you keep allowing the same type of partner into your life for your relationships, you are accepting that as the type of person that’s good enough for you. If you allow people to walk all over you, you are accepting that you don’t deserve better.
What you accept is what you will attract more of into your life. If you don’t do anything to change it you are accepting it. If you no longer want to be treated a certain way or no longer want certain people or things in your life, then you must speak up to create change. You must stand up for yourself in order to allow into your life the people and things you want. You must set and maintain boundaries. Otherwise, you are accepting what you do not want and that will always be out of alignment with who you truly are.
You have a voice that is meant to be heard. Use it to share your feelings when someone has not treated you the way you want to be treated. Share your boundaries and let them know what your expectations are. You have to honor yourself first before others will honor you. You have to respect your own boundaries first before others can do the same. Otherwise, you will tolerate and thus accept the same shit you have been. And that is 100% on YOU.
Before you complain about how unfairly someone treats you, stop for a moment and look at what you have been allowing. If this person has done this multiple times and you have not addressed it, you have been showing them that you accept it. You have to believe you deserve better, that you deserve more, and act accordingly. Everything that you allow into your life means you are accepting it. The choice is always yours.
LYF 💖
REFLECTION: What is one thing or person you have been allowing into your life that you no longer want to?
40 Weeks of Inspiration: Week 10
