Guest post by Cheryl Eklund
All my life I have fought against a nagging voice inside my head that says I can’t succeed. My daughter asked me once what my biggest fear was. Well, there’s bats, tics, but while I was thinking this through my biggest fear made its way to the front of the line for fears. Success, I have truly conditioned myself to fail.
Shock is what read over my daughter. She questioned me completely about it. I began to challenge myself, to acknowledge my successes in life. Everyday I had to come up with something in my life I completed or succeeded in.
When you tell yourself for so long that you are not good enough or smart enough it just becomes a habit to look for the negative. So forcing myself to see the small successes I have made in my life, helped me began to change my thinking about myself.
This happened only a few years ago and I still fight the self doubt demon, but my successes are larger and I have made a difference in many people’s lives. I have started a national charity, I’ve finished my second manuscript, acknowledged all the writing I’ve done that has been published in the past, and what is now being picked up and published.
The road my life was taking could have left me pitying myself and blaming my past for my unhappiness, however, the passage of time was on my side. The Lord working through my daughter to open my heart and to show me how He made me to succeed has changed my belief in myself. The demon of negativity is being fought by the love of the Lord in my heart.
I have changed in many ways. I seemed to collect negative unbelievers and instead I’m seeking out positive believers who will help encourage me and will help celebrate what God is doing in my life. My journey with the Lord is only just beginning I can’t wait to see what he has in store for me next.
Cheryl writes full time from her Wisconsin home. She is working on a book that challenges teens to reject the labels given to them and prove they are more then just a label. Another book she is excited to finish deals with bullying. She was thrilled to be asked to be a leader in the upcoming Challenge Day in WI high schools. She uses her writing skills on the Our Wisdom Shared website and creating all materials for the national charity. She was the Corresponding Secretary for the Rockford Writers Guild for many years. Her experience with the Rockford Writers Guild is what encouraged her love of writing. Cheryl’s future publications include devotions in the upcoming release Girl Talk by Nicole O’Dell. Her past publications include Key’s to Independence (A guide for transitioning Type 1 Diabetes children to adult care), The Tributary, and many articles as a Journalist for the Mount Horeb Mail Newspaper. She is also the president and founder of Our Wisdom Shared Charity.
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