WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

When I was a little boy, if I did something that didn’t align with my mom’s idea of how I should behave, she would say, “Who do you think you are?”

Over time, many of us receive that same message in different forms. When we push against expectations — even our own — we begin to retreat. We start to carry a subtle sense of insufficiency. A feeling that we are somehow lacking.

But today, I want you to revisit that question.

Who do you think you are?

Because you have real power.

You have the power to uplift or to push down.
To bring happiness, confidence, and joy — or to bring despair.

The world is waiting for you to show up and affirm that it is enough. That the circumstances of this life, exactly as they are, can be worked with skillfully. That suffering can be transformed into wisdom. That difficulty can give way to joy.

But that takes knowing who you are.

It takes recognizing that you are capable of being the medicine that is needed.

So today, stand firmly in that.

Who do you think you are?

Have a wonderful morning!

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