Comments on: You Are Better Than What You Think

By: Victor

Victor — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:29:01 +0000

magnificent and very wise statement. just reading and repeating the statement invokes a great energy and belief in oneself.

I don’t fit in.
I’m unattractive, if i dont look like …
I am only accepted by my peers when I….
(the last 2 really applies to many situations)

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:55:30 +0000

Great posting, it's all about thoughts! a\Another piece to the puzzle of life, thanks for sharing Policy Pillars, self help, Personal Growth & life skills tips

By: Shar

Shar — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:47:39 +0000

BEAUTIFULLY said Antonia, THANK YOU for all your AMAAZING heartfelt shares, dear one! Also Susan & Helen, wonderful shares, here are some of the illusions that came up for me:

-I am not worthy of abundance, and feel guilty that I have it (through much hard work)
-I am responsible for other people’s happiness
-I need to do things for others so they will like me
-I need to be doing something to be “productive” and worthy
-being a good person means always giving to others (but not to myself)
-I am not good enough as I am

Whew, feels wonderful to share – MUCH BLESSINGS & LOVE dear ones! xo

By: hesbon kerongo

hesbon kerongo — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:26:00 +0000

Wonderful! this a great article “You are better than what you think!!!” It really speaks to me and the flow of words is great. You have touched me. Thanks a lot

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:45:28 +0000

Thank you for sharing and allowing us to share. You are so right in what you say. I am in a huge transition right now and I am reinventing myself at the age of 59. I retired early from a well paid, stressful, demanding and often misunderstood teaching job. I was tired of having to evaluate children and doing what I could, but it not being enough. I also grew tired of younger teachers feeling that people who have taught for a long time are “not with it”. If there ever was a misunderstood job it is teaching in a public school! I worked from 7:00am-9:00PM many days and was always thinking of ways for my students to learn. I really didn’t have time to think about myself, and to imagine and create my own reality.
It is true, we all come from one source and we all need to really feel respect for every human being, not based on their wealth, beauty, prestige, notority or age etc.
Have a great weekend!

By: kerry

kerry — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:47:50 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing these words on not being enough. I am a mother of two and am in the process of reinventing myself. As I begin to step into my full power of who I am and what I have to offer others in the world, my inner critic tells me more often than I’d like that “He/She knows so much more than you”, “You need more training before you can fully practice that…” or just plain “you’re not good enough yet”. And these beliefs are simply not true. We ARE better than we think. Thank you again for this reminder. It’s exactly what I needed to hear today!

By: Brenda Walker

Brenda Walker — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:23:32 +0000

Antonia – Thank you for the experiment. I am more than I have been told. At work, my ideas are often rejected. Later I learn that I was right on – just too far ahead of the pack or too far outside of the cereal box for my co-workers. I have just returned from a week long reunion with my Mother’s side of the family. What a great experience. We shared, we laughed, and we cried. At some point on the way there (it was an 8 hour drive that took 12 hours by choice) I decided I would carry myself like a 112 pound person (on the scales I weigh a bit more ha ha). I actually looked better in the pictures, felt better and moved around like someone much younger and you know what? The scales say I am getting lighter. My cousins really enjoyed my 112 pound attitude – it is an infectious idea…

By: Helen

Helen — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:50:47 +0000

It turns out we may be exactly as we think. That would mean the journey is to think a new way. To journey to that divine and perfect centre we see in infant’s faces. We were all divine innocence and grace once. We are returning one by one to that same self-kindness. Thank you Antonia for this reminder. I’m one of those you’ve helped. You’re gentle, loving nature, healing heart and hands, beautiful mothering to your gorgeous children. All examples to me of magnificence at work in the world. I am so grateful for you and this message I needed to hear/read today. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

By: Sonia

Sonia — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:35:43 +0000

I prefer to say chose to live by:
-as a mom i am responsible for my daughter’s safety
- as a mom i am to sacrifice my wants for when she’s older- ie put my life on hold i don’t matter
-not enough money and no one to help me with my daughter when i am following my dreams
and as of now do follow only my guidance and i have had many amazingly joyful experiences to know that these are just illusions, a truth not THE truth.
Thanks Antonia, for shining your light in blazing the trail afore me to see this!oxoxxoxo Sonia

By: Susan Myers

Susan Myers — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:21:11 +0000

-I need to do things for other people or they won’t like me.
-I need to put myself and my needs on the back burner because I am not important or valuable.
- I am a great listener but people don’t want to listen to me in return.
- I have crazy ideas because I no not feel the need to conform to the media’s idea of what we should look like, or wear, or do or think. I am not the color of my hair or the number on a scale or the clothes I wear.
- If I were a better person people would treat me better.