11/04/2023
Sometimes I hear a really old song on the radio.
And I sing along automatically.
And I realise I know every word,
without thinking.
And it occurs to me that singing those words to myself all those years ago means that my brain can
remember them,
recall them,
and feel them
at any given moment.
Because it has internalised those words without me even realising. So that it takes no effort to bring them to the forefront of my mind.
That’s how powerful our brains are.
And it makes me think about the way we speak to ourselves.
See, maybe if we’d learned to internalise
not just song lyrics
but words that told us we were
beautiful
enough
worthy
when we were younger,
we’d be able to recall those words -
those thoughts, those feelings -
at any given moment too.
And maybe we’d have learned to believe them.
Believe that we are
beautiful
enough
worthy.
But it’s not too late.
We learn the words to new songs all the time.
Maybe it’s time to start singing from a new song sheet.
One that reminds us how absolutely incredible
and worthy
we really are.
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Becky Hemsley 2023.
