It's true that some days are hard.
Maybe you want to bury your head under the pillow and not face life.
Maybe it all just feels like too much.
On days like that it can be way too challenging to remember that you really are the author of your life story.
I have those days too.
So, when we’re in one of those spaces, what helps?
Lately, I’ve been finding immense comfort in Louise Hays’ affirmations. This one in particular: “Life loves me.”
Here’s how I’ve been using it.
When I feel besieged by fear, overwhelmed by anxiety, gripped by scary what-ifs and doomsday scenarios, I say to myself: “yes, and life loves me.”
I don’t try to push away the frightening thoughts that are crowding into my mind, rather I let them stay. I keep them company by acknowledging them, and then saying, “yes, I know the world feels pretty scary right now, AND life loves me.”
Eventually, the scary bits begin to fall away and I’m left with, repeating over and over again to myself, “Life loves me.”
Life loves me.
Life loves me.
Life loves me.
Even if you don’t believe it, you can try it anyway because some part of your mind really does know it’s true.
And honestly, why not? It isn’t going to hurt anything, right?
If you want to check out more of these affirmations, here’s a photo of the backs of some of the affirmation cards she and Robert Holden created.
Take a deep breath, look out the window, and know that love is everywhere all the time, and always accessible to you, and that life really does want to support you in every way.