Be Nice When You’re Talking To Yourself!

Ok, we all talk to ourselves from time to time … admit it!

Now, if you’re carrying on a full-blown conversation out loud in public, then something may be slightly wrong … but who am I to judge? Anyways, sometimes we get a little too hard on ourselves … am I right (of course I am … and no, you’re not crazy for doing it. Like I said, we all do this, I promise). Well, I’m here today to tell you that the negative stuff must stop, or else you’ll be setting yourself up for a lifetime of failure (read: you are what you believe you are. Are you a winner? YES, you are! Are you a loser? “Want to get your a@# kicked?” should definitely be your response to that nonsense)!

Seriously, I don’t know why we do this to ourselves. So you left your wallet at home, or forgot to throw a softener sheet into the dryer and now your clothes are going to feel too rough! Who cares about this petty s@#t in life? Is this going to end the world? NO! Ok, so you messed up badly during an interview (Guess what … that was destiny telling you that the job wasn’t right for you. You knew this, right?). Who cares? Maybe you’re not as rich as some of your friends … does that upset you, or force you to feel badly about yourself (here’s a thought: is that extra money really making those guys happier than you? Hell’s no … unless you’re letting it)?

Why do we beat ourselves up, you ask? Who the hell knows? I don’t even know why talking to ourselves had to be a part of our human make-up … it serves no purpose, really! Why is this a taboo subject? We’ve all been told, or at least heard, that if you talk to yourself you’ll be locked up, and to especially never answer yourself back when you do it! “If you’re talking back to yourself, they’ll throw away the key,” our mothers warned us! We weren’t supposed to talk to our “imaginary friends” remember (well, my imaginary friend was pretty pissed off about that, and he doesn’t let me forget it to this day). Ok, so we talk to ourselves, it’s normal, so now what? Read on to find out what …

It’s time to start talking to our real self… not our small, petty self, but to our higher self (the wise one that gets s@#t done, and the one with the “higher” perspective on all things that we miss while living through our day to day routines). At first you won’t know the difference between the small self’s voice and the higher self’s voice (it’s pretty confusing business, to say the least). However, here goes a major clue: the small self will scream out “What an idiot! You did it wrong!” while the higher self will nicely whisper, “Here’s an idea that could work…” Got it? Good, now start hanging out with your smart self instead of that jackass that’s always bringing you down for no apparent reason (note: this is one of the keys to a happy life)!

My friend, the higher self is patient, understanding, and always willing to help out, when asked. And that’s the kicker: when asked. Yet some of us think that asking for help somehow makes us “less” of a person (like we should “know it all already”. Well, none of us do, so stop). Ok, in a tiny sense, that belief may be both true and false. We do know it all already, because we have within us the source of all knowledge… AND it doesn’t make us “less” to ask for help. We simply need to ask our higher self to connect, to tune in, and to listen. That’s all that’s to it — really!

So go ahead … start talking to yourself again (forget what “they” think about you … as “they” don’t know s@#t anyways). They won’t lock you up, I swear … and even if they do, at least you’ll have someone to talk to when you’re in there (read: your invisible best friend)! Truth be told, I talk to myself ALL the time, and I’m not crazy (well, not THAT crazy I should say). However, I stopped talking down to myself … that’s the major difference.

Go on and tell yourself jokes, have full blown conversations with yourself … who cares, as long as you’re being nice to yourself it’s all gravy/good (Hey, I usually end up impressing myself all of the times … it’s very cool to say the least)! You are now your own best friend, so go succeed together wont you? Good luck out there pal … I mean it!

Man, I am sooooo glad that I found out that most people talk to themselves … I felt really weird there for a long time, but now I get it — I really do (note: my invisible friend agrees with me … how nice, right?)!