I had a coach a number of years ago. Her name was Margaret. When we got together on the phone she would start each session with a visualization or prayer - helping me ground myself and become totally focused on our work and letting go of everything else. One of the things she always said was, “you are way more than enough.” That statement has stayed with me through the years and I often use it when I coach my own clients. We have so much going on in our busy lives; family, relationships, finances, job and career, aging (yes, it happens to all of us!), global warming, politics, etc, etc. The list can go on and on. And sometimes we find ourselves overwhelmed and just wanting to pull the covers over our head and let the world go by without us. Or at least go by for an extra 10 minutes.
It’s those times when it just feels like too much, when you feel like you just can’t handle it all, or you don’t want to that it’s time to remind yourself of who you are and all the great things about you. We don’t all need to be CEO’s or community leaders - we don’t need to be the one discovering the cure for cancer, or on our way to climbing Mt. Kilamanjaro. We make a difference in everything we do - and it’s all important. A smile you give a stranger as you pass them in the grocery store, the dollar you give to a homeless person, or the time you spend listening as your loved ones tell you about their day. It all makes a difference - you make a difference; and - “you are way more than enough!”