Check-in on your inner dialogue for a happier life
Not everyone has a voice inside their head — a built-in narrator — but many do. Those with this voice, have a hard time imagining that some people don’t. Those who don’t, can’t seem to imagine what it is like to have one. Not a right or a wrong either way, but an inner dialogue is a common experience.
Many folks use this private conversation as a way to problem solve. You only have to worry if you think you are talking to someone who isn’t there.
If you hear me talking to myself remember, I am a sole proprietor and it’s likely a meeting.
– Author Unknown
The way I talk to myself has radically changed. These days it is a much quieter voice than it used to be.
Before, my inner voice was often loudly pointing out mistakes both past and present and even name calling- ‘dumb bum’ — and worse.
Seeking long overdue calm after too many storms, I finally made the connection. I would never speak in that abusive way to anyone else, so why was I allowing that inner abuse to me?
Change happened surprisingly quickly. I was relieved to find out that it is possible to change the attitude of that inner voice.
Grateful thoughts founded in hope have taken over the current narrative. Grace, all grace.
If our minds have doors, the “Be Kind” door has effectively shut out those frequently too-critical thoughts.
I have always tried to be kind to others. I just needed the awareness that I should also be kind to myself.
It is worth checking in on your inner narrator. Because…
Wherever you go, there you are.
– Confucius
Curious — do you have a voice in your mind too? I hope it’s a kind one if you do.
If your inner dialogue is inappropriately harsh, here is the hope that it can be changed, perhaps more easily than you think. Or is that, as easily as you think?
Be kind — to yourself too. It’s a happier way of living.
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