LOCK IN
“You have to think you deserve goodness just as much as everyone else.”
Hannah Brenchner
There are just going to be those days (you know the kind) where nothing goes right, nothing gets done, no progress is made, and you just sort of feel like you’re existing.
I wouldn’t be surprised to find out you’re having that kind of day.
You’re a few hours into Monday and already feeling like you’re lagging behind. Like that person who just posted on Instagram is miles ahead of you. Like you can never keep up and you cannot win. I’ve been there before.
But here’s what I have to tell you today. It’s essential (and you can be sure I am preaching the same thing to myself in the mirror today): this day is between you and God—no one else. His eyes are on you. Stop looking to the right and the left of you– lock in.
I
love the practice of self-discipline. But somewhere in my journey, I stopped wanting to improve for the sake of becoming better, and I desired self-improvement because I thought what I had to offer wasn’t enough. I chiseled away at myself and sought to improve because I wanted people to love me. I wanted to be enough for the world. I desperately wanted to be seen. And that, my friend, is a draining mentality. It’s a race you can never win.
You will never find your purpose in seeking to
please everyone. You will crumble at the altar of trying to make others love you.
I was obsessed with proving to others that I was improving. How strange is that? I was setting little deadlines in my brain like, “I will be enough when I weigh this much” or “I will be worthy when I accomplish ______________.” And yet the prizes couldn’t fill me, and the success felt bottomless and unattainable. I never found the finish line for that race. There was always another race starting, and I was
stuck, always looking to the right and left of me. This mentality caused me to stop celebrating others in the race and put all my fear into the thought of being left behind and forgotten...read more
