The last umpteen number of years have seen quotes similar to this one popping up all over the place. To be sure, it strikes a cord with most of us. After all, how many of us want to work harder? Wouldn’t it be great just to work smarter? The idea of this affirmation seems to be one of an “either/or” choice, which is misleading. It’s almost as if it’s somehow...
This affirmation is a perfect example of the metaphysical claptrap that a whole lot of people are buying into these days. You see it all the time. The inherent ideas are: (1) that fate is at work in your life (the job I’m supposed to have), and (2) in ascribing human characteristics to things and concepts that are not human (the job I’m looking for is also looking for me). Fate is the...
Unlike many affirmations, this one is actually pretty good. Whether people speaking this affirmation realize it or not, it covertly recognizes one of the hallmarks of the fallen human nature: We tend to act rashly, from instinct, rather than thinking a problem through before we act. There are times we misconstrue a situation, or we don’t have complete information. We humans also tend to get...
I’m not sure why this affirmation is making the rounds these days. Sure, we all want our children to be happy and healthy. What parent wouldn’t want this? But most of us don’t have to think about it consciously. It’s something we naturally want. We don’t normally feel the need to include it in any affirmation ritual we go through each day. Saying “My child is...
This is one of those affirmations that I have to laugh at just a little, because, let’s be honest, it sounds a little wacky. We used to say something like: I want to be a better person. That’s a great goal. All of us should want to be better persons. All of us have a whole lot of room for improvement in all areas of our lives. But that’s what affirmations do these days. Why take...
This will be a very short post because it only takes a second or two to debunk it. There are affirmations that speak to truth, and there are some that are sort of true in a sense. There are other affirmations that are wacky and defy interpreting. Then, there are affirmations that are downright lies. This is one of those affirmations. Only the Creator has unlimited power. Only He is God, and you...
Lizzie Borden was unique. Joseph Stalin was unique. The Wright brothers were unique. Jack the Ripper was unique. And so was Donald Trump, Judas Iscariot, Martin Luther King jr. and Mother Teresa. For good or for ill, all of us are unique. But how is the quality of uniqueness a gift? This affirmation hits on a common thread woven through most similar affirmations: that we are special merely...