It’s a unique experience isn’t it? The thoughts that run through your mind when you’re alone.
The what if’s, could be’s, should I’s and rabbit holes of our minds is a plate of spaghetti with no beginning, no end just a big tangled saucy knot of thoughts.
Being alone gives you the ability to make choices that will cause your own demise, or choices that will cause you to thrive.
But who you are when you’re alone may not be the you that other people see. And maybe that’s your fear. Maybe you fear being found out for being an supposed “imposter” because you’re still figuring out who you are, and what you stand for.
But usually, people see you more authentically than even you do. Because while you’re criticizing yourself for being a failure, the people who know you are thanking God by being blessed to have you.
And they won’t let you be alone for long.
But what if they do? What if you’re left alone, with your thoughts? You get to control the rabbit holes your mind goes to. Make sure the ones you explore are the ones that leave you thriving with possibility rather than being imprisoned by the shackles of your shame.
Those shackles only have power when you let them. You’ve got the key to unlock them. But sometimes the safety of being imprisoned gives the illusion of tasting sweeter than the freedom of persevering because being imprisoned only requires that you keep doing what you’re doing, whereas freedom requires work.
Every day we’re tempted to shackle ourselves right back to things we’ve already overcome.
Every day we have unshackle ourselves from the prisons that our mind can become. Otherwise we’ll be there forever.
When you find yourself alone with your thoughts and they’re heading to a dark place, remember what choices you have: you can control your brain or you can allow it to control you.
andrea statler 