Sometimes, becoming the best version of me (mom/wife/daughter/friend/neighbor/citizen/creator) feels like an insurmountable goal.
Resolving all the trauma, bettering the laundry list of attributes of myself that could use bettering, and uncovering my endless blindspots…it’s A LOT!
And more importantly to note, it is literally impossible. That best version of me is unattainable and perhaps is always meant to be because what would life be like if I ever became that person?
What I have found though is noticing and acknowledging is a very powerful practice and gets me most of the way there to that best version of me.
Noticing those links between childhood and my lacking behavior today.
Noticing the ways I succeed and the ways I fail.
Noticing that shadowy thought that popped up when my friend said something.
Yup, noticing and acknowledging gets us most of the way there. Noticing shines a light into those less illuminated moments or thoughts. And a lot of times, the light is really enough.
Above all, I have to notice and acknowledge who I am today and who I am today is the best version of me that I am going get right now. And that is simply all I can do.
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