Every single person in this world has strengths. Whether it’s one, twenty or over a hundred. What are yours? Believe me, you have them.
If you’ve been through anything trivial in life, you’ve passed pain or you’re still making your way through it, then you can pull a handful of strengths from that. The ability to survive, the ability to turn away from it, the strength to fight through, the incredible gesture of smiling or being selfless to complete strangers when you’re going through a world of pain. All of these things require strength in character, there are so many I haven’t even mentioned!
I started with the concept of pain simply because we all go through it. Then again, we all go through happy moments. There are even more strengths to be taken from positive situations.
Write down your top 5 strengths, (you don’t have to comment on this post, you can just do it for yourself), and then focus on them. Really believe you own them. Those five things, they’re a part of what makes your character. There’s nothing good about self-depreciating behaviour, if that is a trait. Shying away from what makes you a great person doesn’t benefit anybody in any way.
Think about your strengths and focus on how you show them every day. Write it all down and keep it for the moments when you forget your own worth.
It might take a while to think of, in which case ask your friends, family, the guy who serves you at your local cafe…
My Top 5 Strengths:
1) I like to help people.
2) When I love, I do it with all my heart.
3) I’m a great mediator- who works with doses of sarcasm and laughter.
4) I’m creative- without my creativity I wouldn’t have a clue who to be.
5) I’m thoughtful, which in turn makes me kind.
It feels weird declaring finding things I like about myself, but I’ve learnt that to have a good life you have to first learn to love yourself.
I hope this helps someone’s day, somehow. Even if it makes you laugh or smirk… I don’t mind. 🙂
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