Happy Monday everyone!

Starting this Spring, I’m offering an awesome interactive & online Self-Forgiveness and Money group. So I started this blog post to explore the limiting stories I tell myself about money and my abilities. Self-forgiveness is one of the most powerful tools I know to help release these old stories and touch to the places inside that need self-love.

Each time I do this work to heal an issue, I am more aware of my inherent value. This opens tremendous doors to co-create more of what I truly want and be available to the flow of abundant blessings.  Here we go:

This weekend, I fell when I was running.  Went down right on my chin and scraped up my hands.  What’s perfect timing about this is that I was in the middle of an Ideal Scene workshop and was exploring what I want to create for this year.

I realized in the course of the exercises that I held a fear that I would “fall flat on my face” if I took a risk.  Old memories came up, such as: When I was a little girl, there were cement steps in my complex. I was playing a game with neighborhood kids to see who could jump down to the ground from the farthest up step. (who said kids are smart?)  No one would approach the 5^th step, until me.  I jumped down and fell on the cement ground on my forehead.

I did a lot of Self-forgiveness during the workshop, and I touched into a great peace. I talked to that little girl and told her that she is courageous, that she didn’t do anything wrong, and that falling is a part of learning.  I updated my limiting beliefs to ones that serve me better.

I had never really understood that I felt ashamed to fall.  When I was five, I saw my Dad and mom split up, and I bought into the belief that it was because of me. I thought if I could only be perfect, he would come back.  Instead, I was with a mom who was mentally ill, with no job and little money.  I thought I had done something wrong, and that I was unlovable. And definitely not worthy of receiving love, money, etc.

The truth is, my thoughts are not my reality. They are based on perceptions I place on what is to help make sense of the world.  And this can hold me back.

Here’s the thing. Yes, my mom and dad split up.  She had a mental illness, and we didn’t have much money.  And, that doesn’t say anything about my worth, or theirs.  I am inherently valuable, as are we all.

I still have Self-forgiveness to do in this area.  It’s a constant attitude, as Martin Luther King, Jr. says.  I’d like to do one right now:  I forgive myself for judging myself as needing to be “capable” to be loved and receive blessings.

The truth is: I am love. And so is everything and everyone.

The truth is: Money is neutral, it’s what I make it mean that can get me into trouble. 🙂

The truth is: the way I grew up gave me the exact lessons I needed to learn and the skills I have today, and I am entirely capable with incredible gifts!

The truth is: life is not about what I do or what happens, it is about what I learn and how much loving I bring to it – and opening to joy in all of it!

At the end of the workshop, I put up my Ideal Scenes in my bathroom, and I drew hearts on my bandages to remind me that the light comes in where the wound enters.  And that I AM the Light.

 

 

 

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(The ocean photo above is from my partner, David Sand.  Good news!  His website is UP!!  His is one of the most gifted photographers that I know and has an ability to reveal the essence of beauty in everything. Visit http://www.davidsand.com) 

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One more resource: Listen to a great 1-minute excerpt on Updating Limiting Beliefs.  It’s from a Forgiveness podcast with me on Krista Xiomara’s “I’m Awake Now What” series!

Click here to listen to the podcast excerpt!:

 

 

 

Have a wonderful week!  Much loving to all.

Love, Debbie

To learn more about the Self-Forgiveness and Money Group, email me at info@forgivingconnects.com or click this graphic: 

 

*This post is my contribution to Frank’s Photo Challenge, Bank and Trent’s Weekly Smile.