My Heroes, today I have a special message for you; it’s a message that is at the crux of why I started this blog in the first place; but, somehow, along the way....as so often can happen on our personal journeys, purpose, vision, and ‘cruxes’ get lost in the muck and mire of routine, of obstacles disguised as doing good or even, simply, in obstacles, period.
This post has been running around in my head, hiding in crevices and creeping around corners. I had, admittedly, fallen prey to the doubters in my head; some of us, my Heroes, battle the ‘haters’ in life, while others, like myself, battle the ‘doubters.’
The difference is: the haters are typically those on the outside, judging us, preaching us, thinking they know who we are and what we are living through, etc. My Heroes, we can IGNORE the haters. They don’t hold a candle to YOU. Period. And, unless they are going to live your life, your challenges, your blessings, they have NO say in any of these things.
But, my Heroes, the doubters…the doubters are a whole other problem; for the doubters come from within. They are the sabotagers, the SELF-haters if you may, the ones who photo-bomb your brain whenever you embark on anything new, the creator of questions that should never be listened to, but are.
The doubters make you change your outfit ten times, your family dinner menu five times, your plans untold number of times…The doubters set mine fields at the first sight of an actual, true VISION or GOAL in your life. The doubters are not shy; they will mess with your mind until you stall out on the road less traveled and find yourself sliding backwards into what once was.
This time, my Heroes, the doubters had ME wondering. They had me actually believing, even for a moment, that all that I do is for naught.
Do YOU ever find yourselves there, my Heroes?
The doubters had me stopped in my blogging tracks; they had stalled me on my road to completing a small book project for you, my Heroes. For months I allowed those doubters to have a party with my book’s purpose until……
Until one day, one of my dearest Hero friends sent me this link to another amazing author’s post:
http://www.alexandrafranzen.com/2016/03/29/hes-waiting-shes-listening/
Take a moment, if you haven’t already, and read this beautiful, life-affirming piece. I read it. I cried. Perhaps you will, too.
We ALL have something in life we are embarking on, be it small or almost ridiculously enormous, that the doubters have come in and stolen the ‘oomph’ from. The problem is, it’s not JUST the ‘oomph’ these doubters steal, is it, my Heroes? No, it’s the very knowledge that I’m now going to drill into you……
The doubters steal the knowledge that YOU matter. That you ARE important. That YOU ARE loved. The doubters make you think that unless you can SEE the difference you make, you don’t make one.
Well, my AMAZING, FABULOUSLY-FLAWED, INSPIRING HEROES, I’m here to tell you, the doubters are WRONG:
You ARE important to many, many people.
You ARE loved with the greatest of hearts.
My Heroes, YOU DO MATTER. You matter in ways you cannot ever truly fathom. You matter to people whom you may not even know, but whom, somehow, know you, or know of you. You matter to your family, your friends, your co-workers, your community. You matter most when you think you matter least. You matter even though those whom you WANT to acknowledge you, don’t. You matter because you choose to live. You choose to live each day despite your challenges, in spite of your obstacles; because you choose to live even when you may want to lay down and just close your eyes, or crawl into a deep, dark hole and scream. YOU MATTER.
Finally, my Heroes, please take to heart this message: Your presence on this earth makes a difference. Your presence makes a difference to MORE than just your family, your friends, your community. YOU touch lives in ways I never will. YOU make a difference in ways many of us have yet to even imagine. YOUR presence is the gift our world needs yesterday, today, and for all the tomorrows fathomable.
YOU, yes……YOU matter.
Take this message and post it on the corkboard of your heart, body, spirit, and soul, that you should always have it to refer to lest you EVER forget. And, my Heroes, IF you do find yourself battling the doubters over this, reach out, for we are only an uplifting away.
In gratitude for all that YOU Heroes are,
Lora Ackermann
Matter-Message Hero Trainer
This post has been running around in my head, hiding in crevices and creeping around corners. I had, admittedly, fallen prey to the doubters in my head; some of us, my Heroes, battle the ‘haters’ in life, while others, like myself, battle the ‘doubters.’
The difference is: the haters are typically those on the outside, judging us, preaching us, thinking they know who we are and what we are living through, etc. My Heroes, we can IGNORE the haters. They don’t hold a candle to YOU. Period. And, unless they are going to live your life, your challenges, your blessings, they have NO say in any of these things.
But, my Heroes, the doubters…the doubters are a whole other problem; for the doubters come from within. They are the sabotagers, the SELF-haters if you may, the ones who photo-bomb your brain whenever you embark on anything new, the creator of questions that should never be listened to, but are.
The doubters make you change your outfit ten times, your family dinner menu five times, your plans untold number of times…The doubters set mine fields at the first sight of an actual, true VISION or GOAL in your life. The doubters are not shy; they will mess with your mind until you stall out on the road less traveled and find yourself sliding backwards into what once was.
This time, my Heroes, the doubters had ME wondering. They had me actually believing, even for a moment, that all that I do is for naught.
Do YOU ever find yourselves there, my Heroes?
The doubters had me stopped in my blogging tracks; they had stalled me on my road to completing a small book project for you, my Heroes. For months I allowed those doubters to have a party with my book’s purpose until……
Until one day, one of my dearest Hero friends sent me this link to another amazing author’s post:
http://www.alexandrafranzen.com/2016/03/29/hes-waiting-shes-listening/
Take a moment, if you haven’t already, and read this beautiful, life-affirming piece. I read it. I cried. Perhaps you will, too.
We ALL have something in life we are embarking on, be it small or almost ridiculously enormous, that the doubters have come in and stolen the ‘oomph’ from. The problem is, it’s not JUST the ‘oomph’ these doubters steal, is it, my Heroes? No, it’s the very knowledge that I’m now going to drill into you……
The doubters steal the knowledge that YOU matter. That you ARE important. That YOU ARE loved. The doubters make you think that unless you can SEE the difference you make, you don’t make one.
Well, my AMAZING, FABULOUSLY-FLAWED, INSPIRING HEROES, I’m here to tell you, the doubters are WRONG:
You ARE important to many, many people.
You ARE loved with the greatest of hearts.
My Heroes, YOU DO MATTER. You matter in ways you cannot ever truly fathom. You matter to people whom you may not even know, but whom, somehow, know you, or know of you. You matter to your family, your friends, your co-workers, your community. You matter most when you think you matter least. You matter even though those whom you WANT to acknowledge you, don’t. You matter because you choose to live. You choose to live each day despite your challenges, in spite of your obstacles; because you choose to live even when you may want to lay down and just close your eyes, or crawl into a deep, dark hole and scream. YOU MATTER.
Finally, my Heroes, please take to heart this message: Your presence on this earth makes a difference. Your presence makes a difference to MORE than just your family, your friends, your community. YOU touch lives in ways I never will. YOU make a difference in ways many of us have yet to even imagine. YOUR presence is the gift our world needs yesterday, today, and for all the tomorrows fathomable.
YOU, yes……YOU matter.
Take this message and post it on the corkboard of your heart, body, spirit, and soul, that you should always have it to refer to lest you EVER forget. And, my Heroes, IF you do find yourself battling the doubters over this, reach out, for we are only an uplifting away.
In gratitude for all that YOU Heroes are,
Lora Ackermann
Matter-Message Hero Trainer