The boy that saw a dead dog in the mirror Part III - a series on self-worth

WHY do we develop low self-worth?

We develop low self-worth for two reasons:

1. Due to our childhood traumas and core wounds
2. To protect ourselves against what we fear

Breaking free from the mental constructs that have held us back from going from point A to point B, from where we are to the place where we would like to see ourselves will require three basic mindsets:

1. Intentionality

2. Discipline

3. Consistency

People oftentimes become excited after listening to a keynote motivational speaker or after watching a motivational video. It causes an individual's biology to shift. It's almost like a new born inner strength that can potentially drive us to do things we never though we could HOWEVER that "emotion" can fizzle out if we don't do anything with it. It only takes 72 hours for the feeling to fade away. It takes INTENTIONALITY, DISCIPLINE, and CONSISTENCY.

The environment that we are exposed to can potentially empower us to greater things or cripple us keeping us from our personal best. Mephibosheth is a perfect example of how a young man that was destined for royalty ended up with a poverty mentality due to the nature of his circumstances.

Such circumstances or experiences lived during our childhood years become cemented in our subconscious mind and so as adults when we are able to identify what those negative mental constructs are it takes breaking up what has solidifies in order to deal with it.

You can defeat what you can't define and you can't change what you are unwilling to confront.

Thought Progression:

Our thoughts become words. 

Our words influence our emotions.

Our emotions influence are decisions.

Our decisions become actions and actions repeated over time become habits.

Our habits form our character and our character leads us to our final destination in life.

Just like the story of the elephant, the captivity that most people are subject to is that of the mind and not the body. People can be physically free and yet mentally bound.

Don't let your past determine your present and dictate your destination.

Steps to follow:

In your time of prayer, pray as David did "search my heart of God and put my thoughts to the test and show me if there is any iniquity within me" and allow God to speak to you in your time of prayer and meditation.

Keep a journal

listen to your monologue / identify self-sabotaging, self-limiting beliefs

Identify the emotion that this belief evokes within you

Identify the polar opposite belief that can potentially empower you to break from the mental captivity

Identify the type of emotion that this new mindset should create with you

And above all...forgive the people that wronged you. Unforgiveness allows that situation or individual to have power over you. Let go, and let God take over!