Thank you for all your advice

On a recent episode of Law & Order SVU, a teenager who was in an abusive relationship thanked the detective and legal team for helping her move on. Mariska Hargitay’s character replied: “It was all you!” I was so impressed that after they did all this work on this case, she would actually say something so inspiring! I’d have said: “you’re welcome!” ;) With this sentence though, she empowered the woman by letting her know that she was able to do it herself!

Then it dawned on me: We often thank others for their advice/help. But how often do we forget to thank OURSELVES for actually taking it?

Thanking ourselves for:

·         Taking care of ourselves

·         Actually thinking that sometimes people are trying to help us and have our best interests at heart.

·         Considering that taking the suggested action may actually yield a better result for us than what we’re already doing. 

·         Taking the advice that we’d normally give to others

·         For actually doing what we know is best for us, cause yes, we care for ourselves that much!!

So, thank yourself today (and often) for those times when taking advice was hard to do but it was the right thing to do! And yes, thank those who gave you that advice too, obviously they care!

PS: I’m not saying all advice has to be taken, but when it nags you, when you know in your heart the advisor is right. Then..yeah, then it means you know! You know that you have to do what’s best for you even if it may not be fun or easy!