Daily Meditation for July 31st

Daily Meditation

July 31

I am deserving of all the good things life has to offer.

I’ll be honest, it feels uncomfortable to say this affirmation style daily meditation out loud. For most of my life, I was waiting for the bottom to fall out. I was perpetually bracing for the worst convinced that good things didn’t last-at least not for me. So I got used to creating chaos. Looking back I realize I would often stir things up before life was successful in disappointing me. I told myself I was protecting myself, but really I was sabotaging the very stability I claimed to want.

It took me a long time to realize that I was the one pulling the rug out from under my own feet. Now, maybe for the first time, I’m actively building the life I want. I’ve decided to let go of the life I thought I was supposed to settle for and I am creating the life that actually fits me. Saying I deserve happiness still feels awkward and uncomfortable but I keep practicing. And with each step forward, it becomes a little easier to believe that I’m not broken or beyond repair. I’m just human. And I’m allowed to want good things, too.