What Are You Trying To Prove?...

What Are You Trying To Prove?...
by Melodie Beattie

You don't have to prove anything to anyone.
Not even to yourself.
A subconscious desire to prove ourselves may be hiding at the root of our fears, the root of our tension,
the root of our need to do and be more...

Accompanying it can be a burning belief that we aren't good enough, that we need to compensate for some deficiency in ourselves in order to take our place on this planet...

We may feel like we have to earn our place, earn our right to be here. Like we're being watched and judged, graded...

You don't have to prove anything to anyone.

You're fine just the way you are. You have energy, vitality. You have particular gifts and talents. You have been learning your lessons just right in your life...

Let go of the need to prove yourself to others -
to parents, people from the past, people in your life today

Could it be the one you've really been trying to prove something to is yourself?

The answer is simple:

Learn to approve of yourself.

Love and accept yourself the way you are.

Then step right up and take your place in the universe!