The Power of Change!

“Changing ourselves and our habits is the most powerful tool we have to change the world... We have very little power to rescue the many people in this world who are suffering and hurting, and very little power to prevent difficult or painful things from happening. But we do have at least a little bit of power to change our own thoughts, patterns, and behaviors, and when we leverage that power, our personal change can have a corporate impact. Individual change has a powerful energetic pulse into the world.”

“The most dangerous thing we can believe is that we do not have an impact. For better or for worse, we are all changing the world.”

“There is a profound difference between a weight loss plan I take on because I care about my body, because I want to feel good about myself, have more energy and supercharge my creativity; and the weird crash-diets I’ve done because I look at myself in the mirror and can’t stand the sight of the reflection staring back. Setting goals from a place of self-hatred, rather than self-love, will rarely work… As you think about your goals and resolutions, ask yourself first: do I want that for myself because I love myself so much, or because I will hate myself until I achieve it?”

“Our only hope for creating real, lasting change in our lives is to change in the deepest parts of ourselves—our thought patterns and ideas about the world… We have to be willing to let go of the idea that getting the thing we want will change how we feel about ourselves. It won’t. Although changing how we feel about ourselves will, more often than not, help us get the thing we want.”

~Allison Fallon (Full post HERE)

I love Allison's gentle spirit and powerful writing, and I found her thoughts above very encouraging as I press toward new mindsets and healthy habits. It is 1,000% true that our motivation and heart toward ourselves matters when we set our goals.  Whatever your goals may be, I hope this is encouraging to you today, too!!