A Wren Says

I was doomed at work because I had made mistakes, that I would continue to make, and would be found out for not being qualified. And then ultimately, I would be let go. Or at least that is the story I had been telling myself.

I had constructed the story, with the inspiration of minor mistakes and general concerns. The storyline was that I was on the brink of massive failures and their consequences. As I repeated that plot, I added more and more rich detail to make the story riveting and believable. I became rightly fearful. I paid attention to all of my failures, and I shrunk back for fear of messing up further. The story was so powerful, that it left me frozen, unable to take action. Really, it was an award-winning level feat.

The problem is that that is not the type of stories I want to tell anymore. If I am going to repeat a story to myself, let if be of hope and not fear.

 Instead of taking time to fill in details all of the things that would go wrong and sought to avoid them, what if I instead outline the best-case scenarios? What if I laid out my ideal day down to the condiments I will add to my lunch order? What if I took time to assume to best and act accordingly? What if I got to the point where I told myself a story so rich in hope and joy that I were almost magnetically pulled into action? What if I spent my time crafting a new story, that I want to read over and over again?

Maybe you are also an amazing storyteller. What are the stories you tell yourself? What are the ones you wished you would?