“Stuck
In Your Story…”
When I think of this phrase, I am
reminded of quotes such as:
“You
can’t move FORWARD if your PAST is holding you back!” – Michael Travis
“Do
you keep yourself stuck in your story for way of resentment or do you reach out
to yourself with compassion through reaching out to others?” – Michele Harvey
"Choice:
That one moment when you decide if you're going to stay stuck in your story or
move out of it!" – unknown
"She
kicked me out...she doesn't love me...my kids hate me"... Blah blah blah
blah blah blah!!! Perhaps you should start telling WHY, instead of pretending
to be a martyr. Own your actions!! –
unknown
Iylana Vanzant, author &
motivational speaker has a series on the OWN Network called Iylana, Fix My Life. During an episode of
Oprah's Lifeclass: The Tour, Oprah
and Iyanla discuss the spiritual solution to stories that have become stumbling
blocks. "Having
one story in your mind about yourself can trap you in a world of pain.” When Oprah wants to know how to stop recounting a painful
past, Iyanla says there are three spiritual tools to use to spin a new story.
- Tell the Absolute Truth
- Speak Up and Say What You Want.
- Get a vision
Another article explores the advice
from motivational speaker Tony Robbins: During
one of his seminars, a woman tried to explain in brutal detail what was wrong
with her life. Tony continued interrupting her by saying “Tell another story.”
She continued repeating her sad story, and he continued to interrupt her with “Tell
another story.” His point was for her to stop telling the story of what was
wrong and why she couldn’t move forward, and create a new story of what she did want. It
advised that you have to access where you are. You have to determine your
motivation. If you are telling your story to gain sympathy, it's probably
holding you back. If it is to connect with and help others, it may be healing. Your
story is important. Whatever you have experienced, you experienced for a
reason. Everyone's path is different, but by sharing the fact that your healing
exists at all, it helps others.
The Bible gives us directions on
becoming “unstuck:”
Matthew
6:33 (NKJV): “But seek first the kingdom of God
and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”
Proverbs
3:5-6 (NKJV): “Trust in the Lord with all your
heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge
Him, And He shall direct[a] your paths.”
2
Timothy 1:7 (NKJV): “For God has not given us a spirit
of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
“Change
the way you see the world, and the way you see the world will change.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer
NOW is the time for us to become “unstuck”
in our old story, create a new story, and move toward our destiny…
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