How To Overcome The I Don't Deserve It Excuse

[Guest guest]

How is it possible for a Divine creation to be unworthy? You are and always have been a piece of God. And you know by now that all beings come from nonbeing;

the Bible itself remind you that it's Spirit that gives life. So where on earth did you learn to use this excuse?As a developing

child, you were weaned on ideas that your worthiness is based on ego-dominated formulations making you what you do, what you have, and what others think of you. Your worth became intertwined with these ego constructs: If I do well, I'm worthy; if I don't, I'm unworthy. If I accumulate more valuable stuff and make more money, I'm worthy; if I don't, I'm unworthy. If I gain the approval of others, I'm worthy; if I'm unpopular, I'm unworthy.Like most of us, you were immersed in a culture that taught and reinforced these ideas, which are the work of the false self. Consequently, as an adult, when you see others who are more successful than you are, have more toys than you do,

and enjoy reputations far greater than yours, your first impulse is to make a disconnect between your status in life and your worthiness as a human being. Years of solid training

in ego development have caused you to retreat into an I don't deserve it / I'm not worthy mind-set. Since these excuses come from the false self, they'll stay with you until you leave the planet, unless you're willing to tell yourself: " Okay,

I understand where this kind of egotistic reasoning originated - and I can see that I still use it - but I'm practicing the Excuses Begone! way

of life from now on. " I urge you to decide to start thinking something along the lines of this: Everyone in my life did what they knew how to do, and I chose to buy into it at that time. But today I'm going to stop this insidious kind of absurd thinking and remind myself that I'm a Divine being, an individualized expression of God. Therefore, I will no longer entertain thoughts of my being unworthy

- I've lived with them long enough, and they've never served my highest

good.- Excuses Begone!: How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating

Thinking Habits by Dr.

Wayne W. Dyer