My friend Arlina Allen is the host of the One Day At A Time Recovery Podcast, a recovery coach, and a force in the women's recovery movement. Something she wrote recently really struck a chord in me.
In her "How I Healed My Inner Validation Junkie" entry on the She Recovers blog, Arlina asked herself: What if all the validation and approval she ever wanted was already inside of her? And what if there are a bunch of different versions of her, all approving of her and validating her all the time?
Whoah! What if that is true for all of us?
As Arlina ponders, what if every version of our internal self is crying out that we are enough, and uniquely amazing? What if we simply let that internal, validating voice be enough?
Is there any reason we can't? We are in charge of our own thoughts; I say we decide what those thoughts will be.