Great Day Attractive Thinker ! It Is a Great Day to Be
Alive!
Have you ever received a hand-me-down?
Maybe someone gave you a sweater that they could no longer fit. Maybe it was a pair of pants or a dress that one of your siblings could no longer wear. Oh, here's one... Have you ever had someone buy new furniture and ask you if you wanted their old furniture? ...and the old furniture
doesn't even match your current color scheme!
Lol!
Hand-me-downs have the contour/shape of the prior user. You may be able to see their knee prints, foot prints, shoulder, and elbow impressions in the clothing items. They simply don't fit. One side might be okay while the other side is worn. ...and here's the kicker! If you had
your choice, you wouldn't even buy it if you saw it in the store!
I remember the day that I mustered the courage to tell the well-wishers in my life to STOP giving me what they no longer wanted! They didn't mean any harm, I was just at a different space in my life/building and carving something new and old, used, hand-me-downs did not reflect my values.
It can become really easy to accept a used car, used sofa/dinning room set, used clothes/shoes, etc. but if you look around your environment and it no longer reflects what inspires you, it's time to get rid of the hand-me-downs!
But, guess what? Hand-me-downs aren't just shoes, clothes, and
furniture!
Beliefs, habits, behaviors, and emotions can become hand-me-downs that get passed from one generation to another!
Your mom may have believed...
As a result, now you believe...
Your dad may have
behaved...
As a result, now you behave...
Your grandma may have said...
Now you find yourself saying...
One of your parents may have parented in anger.
Now, your children can't figure out why you
are so angry!
Hand me downs...
If you are experiencing repetitive behavior, feelings/emotions, and thoughts and they are keeping you stuck and in an emotional choke hold, do an Attractive Thinker check-up from the neck up and ask yourself, "Are these my thoughts, beliefs, behaviors, & feelings/emotions
OR are they mental hand-me-downs?"
You'll know if they are hand-me-downs or not if you find yourself acting/talking/thinking in a way that's contrary to how you really desire to show up in the world!
If you or someone that you know is tired of wearing hand-me-downs that
are:
too large!
out-dated!
too small!
not your style!
not your color!
never going to fit who you currently are or aspire to be!
