3 Empowering Realizations You Have When You’re Aware of Your Importance

You’re not that important. Ouch! That stings a bit. So let me back up.

I think you are amazing! I think you have something to offer the world that no one else can! I think you have a spark of greatness waiting to be unleashed!

So why aren’t you realizing your full potential? Because you expect yourself to be everything to everyone ALL…THE…TIME! Been there.

You can read more about me here, so I won’t get into the whole story, but there was a day in my life that it suddenly dawned on me that I wasn’t that important.

It sounds self-defeating, but actually, it was one of the most empowering moments of my life. I felt like a heavy weight that I could barely carry had been instantly lifted off of me.

How can you feel this empowerment too? Realize these 3 things:

1. The world does not revolve around you. And that’s a great thing! Once you realize this, you will allow yourself to take care of yourself more. You will know that the world will keep turning even if you take a break.
2. You are not responsible for anyone else. I used to take on everyone else’s responsibilities as my own and try to manage everyone else’s task, problems, etc. Sound familiar? I had good intentions. I thought that was what being a good wife, employee, and client-service provider looked like. I’m here to tell you it’s not. It’s important to Deliberately Think about which problems are yours and which ones aren’t.
3. Other people’s opinions are none of your business. I saw this quote on a Pin once, and I love it. It makes no sense at first, but give it a minute. For example, you can wear a brand new outfit, and one person will love it, one will hate it. The outfit hasn’t changed. The only thing that changed is all the expectations and experiences each person brought into forming that opinion. So…you have no control over other people’s opinions of you. Stop wasting your precious energy trying to change them.