It has also helped me feel better about myself. Do you know what I mean when I say we have both a sweetheart and an editor inside of us? The sweetheart makes us feel good about ourselves by saying things like "You did such a great job on that hand-in!". The editor is counteracting the sweetheart by saying things like "But remember that you almost failed on that last one". I don't know your relationship to the two of them, but in my Editor has for a long time pushed around my Sweetheart.
So I followed Goldberg's exercise and let the Sweetheart talk alone for 30 minutes through my writing. I let him be Buddha, Deepak Chopra and Mother Theresa at once. I was surprised, not only by how many good things I actually could write down about myself, but also how good it made me feel. I had overlooked so many qualities I should be proud of. My strong sense of empathy, my good taste and my patience are just a few of them.
What is your Sweetheart telling you?
“Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, Sing as if no one is listening, Love as if you have never been hurt, and Dance as if no one is watching”
