Do we deserve it?

Being happy. Living our dreams. Feeling loved. Experiencing joy. Do we deserve it?

We all want to be happy. That usually means doing what we want, when we want to do it, with the person or people we want to do it with. When we feel free to make choices and decisions about our life path, while following our passion, we are living life to the fullest - enjoying each moment while discovering our full potential. Until a seed of self-doubt sneaks upon us: Do I deserve it?

Sometimes when we receive the wonderful things we really wanted and worked for, among the initial overwhelming joy and excitement, a sudden self-defeating cloud begins to loom above our heads: Am I worthy of receiving this? Although we become worthy of receiving all we desire by simply creating our wants, our conditioned views on what we are worth of receiving in life greatly limit our ability to fully accept and enjoy what brings us happiness. Fulfilling business, a loving relationship, our dream home...yes, we want them, but are we willing to let go of our inherited or skewed views on deserving them?

Our past beliefs, experiences and insecurities may be telling us that what we want we are not meant to have, so we find a way to sabotage ourselves - unconsciously or consciously / by our thoughts or actions. The business deal falls through, we complicate a relationship with a loving partner, our dream home sells to someone else. All because we could not accept or believe that we were deserving of receiving it.

Loving ourselves. It's a cornerstone of acceptance. It opens us to being authentic and feeling deserving of all the joy we envision. By not loving ourselves completely, we dim the lights of our shining soul, allowing our limited ego-mind to analyze, scrutinize, and dissect true desires of our heart.

One way to overcome this is to allow such undeserving thoughts to come up, recognize them as self-defeating beliefs, feel them & let them pass, and fully embrace whatever we are receiving - simply because receiving what we wanted makes us feel good. No other reason is needed. Allowing ourselves to receive and appreciate what we have asked to come into our life is one of the greatest acts of self-love we could experience. Love yourself. And your dreams and desires. It is a most satisfying way to acknowledge our power of creation.

So celebrate that new business deal, embrace your loved one, jump for joy in your dream home! Because you do deserve it. Don't question why. Just enjoy it.

Live passion-full!