What if she doesn’t really like me? That’s the thought that popped into my mind the other night. I was at the threshold of a doorway. Cue the “Jaws” theme song here … the doorway into Thoughts. That. Suck. Now the good news: I noticed where I was about to go before I stepped even one more brightly painted toe into that doorway. More good news – I decided if I could entertain thoughts that suck and run with it like there’s Olympic gold at the end, then I could do the very opposite.
What if she really does like me? What if she does?! My neural pathways were virtually scintillating with joy entertaining the potential of this turnaround. I just landed at a new threshold! Cue music from “I Can See Clearly Now” … I sashayed through that doorway into *Thoughts That Sing*.
Dang, come on Beth, you know this stuff. Why don’t you choose the prize behind Doorway no. 2 all the time? You can hear it, can’t you – the scary, tense music creeping in … woops, did a little side step back into Thoughts. That. Suck.
Thank goodness, I lovingly chose on behalf of my well being this time. Thank goodness, I really care about me. Thank goodness, I never give up on me. And if my thoughts really could sing, they’d be saying — love really is all I need to help me know my name.*
*(adapted from the song “Love’s Divine”)
