Hey you,
I hope you’ve been well? In this week’s post I wanted to remind you that even though life isn’t going the way you expected it to go, you’re still here and you’re still shining!
This little light of mine
There’s a song that I always used to sing with my mom and the lyrics were like this:
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine.
Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine.
Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine.
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
We will sing in peace, We will sing in harmony.
We will sing in peace, We will sing in harmony.
We will sing in peace, We will sing in harmony.
We will sing in peace, We will sing in harmony.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
Let it shine around the world, We’re gonna let it shine.
Let it shine around the world, We’re gonna let it shine.
Let it shine around the world!
Let it shine, We’ll all shine, We’ll all shine, We’ll all shine!
Let shine, let it shine, let it shine!
Is my playlist manifesting the life I want?
To all the Christians who do not like the word “manifesting”, the framing of your mind is very powerful. You are the thoughts you submit to. When you read the rest on the post based on Proverbs 23:7 “For as a man thinks in his heart, so is he,” you will understand where I’m coming from and you’ll definitely learn something from it.
The song is quite catchy and repetitive, but the positivity and energy you get from it, is unmatched.
I want to give you a reminder to check out the music you listen to… Are the lyrics about positive things in life or negative?
I strongly believe that the music you listen to all day every day is the mood that you’re speaking over your life on a subconscious level. Studies have already shown that music has an impact on anxiety and depression levels.
The words that you sing are the words that you’re speaking into existence (Proverbs 18:21). You’re manifesting the things that you sing. So go through your playlist and check, based on my playlist, what type of a life am I promoting?
If you notice that your playlist is filled with negativity, ask yourself why that is the music you enjoy listening to. Is it because you can relate to the lyrics? If you can, but you want to see change, you’ll have to start listening to music that you will be able to relate to later.
Is it because “that’s what you’ve always done”? Well.. If you want your life to stay the way it is right now, you could keep it up, but if you want to see change, it will be best to change your list to songs that have positive and life bringing lyrics. You can’t expect to squeeze an apple and get orange juice right? On that same note, you can’t expect to want to live well, when your music promotes unhealthy things.
If you think I’m exaggerating, you should read up on music therapy. Below you’ll find a short explanation of what it is.
According to C.G.M.H. music therapy is the following:
“Music therapy is a health profession in which a music therapist uses music and its facets – physical, emotional, mental, social, aesthetic, and spiritual, to help patients improve and maintain their health. It is regarded as an expressive therapy. The cognitive function, motor skills, emotional and affective development, behavior and social skills, and quality of life of the patients are clinically proven to be improved through music therapy. “
If you want to know more, read the whole article here.
Which proves once again that depending on the music you listen to, your entire being and course of life is impacted.
Don’t panic yet though, if you realize that your music playlist isn’t it, you can change it to a positive list and you’ll see the effects of it over time.
The power of professionalism
There are so many times when you want to give it your all, but most time you can’t give it as much as you want to give it and today, I just wanted to remind you that showing up in itself still matters. You will never be able to grow if you don’t learn to show up. You will never be able to push harder if you don’t even start. Showing up and taking action is the beginning of it all.
On days when you can only give 80%, give the full 80%! On days when you can only give 30%, give your full 30%! If you do the best that you can and give your all to make each day the best day, with the things that you have, you’ll see great improvement over time.
Doing this is called being professional. Even though you don’t feel like it, you still do it anyways, and you let the feelings follow the actions rather than allow them to lead the action.
When the little light is dimmer than you remember
Even though the light that is within you has not been shining brightly, always remember that it’s still shining. The only way it’s going to shine brighter is if you continue to allow it to shine in the first place. Don’t extinguish that little flame with negativity, disbelief or “what ifs”, but add oxygen through the positivity of your words combined with first action: show up!
Even though you will get messy playing outside, you can still get cleaned up.. if you notice the bruises that you didn’t have before, don’t panic, but disinfect the wounds and wait for it to heal. While its healing, don’t touch it. The more you’re trying to find a quick fix to heal it, the longer it will take. Do take note: regardless, it will always take longer that you expect, but you’re never too far gone to not be able to restore the light that you were meant to shine in the first place.
The light you were supposed to shine, will shine if you let it.
On a day like today, I want you to know that you’re doing great! Every step you set closer to your goal, is 1 step closer. Don’t try to jump, but do the 1% better each day and watch everything change over time!
I hope you enjoyed this blogpost on your little light within and the power of professionalism. Definitely let me know what you thought of it and other topics you’d want me to write about in the future.
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Big love,
Joy
