What is your "I AM" Statement?

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Updated 10 years ago

As a mother to three young (and very impressionable) children, I have to be very mindful on the words I chose to speak, the actions I chose to make and what I chose to tell myself is the truth about my current and future situation(s).

My oldest is eight years old (going on twenty-five) and from a very young age, my husband and I made a pack that we would never instill self limiting beliefs into any of our children, allowing them to think that they can't do something or that their actions of one won't matter in the grand scheme of things. Often times when I hear my daughters optimistic outlook to life, I don't know if we created a monster and a kid completely ahead of her time.

The other day she caught me at one of my weak moments. I'm at a transition point in my life right now and I'm having a hard time trying to make the right choice, trying to practice the art of saying 'no' more often and trying to make some financial decisions that could help my family in the long run; but will tap into our current safety cushion and naturally that worries me because I am human and the "what-if's" tends to be bigger and more amplified during my weakest moments. My demeanor and frown obviously caught her attention and she came over to see if she could help.

Knowing I didn't want to offload my worries onto an eight year old, I just smiled and told her that mommy was going to be OK, I just had a lot on my mind and I needed to make some adult choices and I wasn't too sure on what to do.

My oh-so-wise daughter just smiled and said to me,

"Mom, you know you already know the answer right? You always taught me that when I'm having a hard time making a decision that all I had to do was quiet my mind and listen to my intuition".

I guess they do pay attention, even when you think they do not.

Over the next thirty minutes we wrote some positive affirmations and believe it or not, that made all the difference for me.

I would write a positive affirmation for her and she would write one for me and we would share them. It's interesting to see how other people view you and how dead on they are about who you are. She wrote down five for me and they said,

I Am strong

I Am confident

I AM successful

I AM smart

I AM amazing

By the end of this bonding exercise it made me realize that #1 I'm doing a pretty darn great job as raising my kid and #2, that putting these two powerful words of I AM in front of any statement can completely shape your attitude and beliefs.

It's far more powerful to say, I AM a successful business owner than it is to say, I will be a successful business owner or one day I will be.....

Using the simple statement of I AM, allows you to own your words and allows those words to melt into your bones and become a part of your psyche far before the words ever leave your lips.

I truly believe that what you think about is what you bring about, so chose your thoughts carefully.

So when you think about what you want in life, what is YOUR I AM statement?

Sounds simple, but if you haven't already you should try this. Simply writing as many I AM statements that you can think of and as you read each one back to yourself, take your time to close your eyes and truly visualize what that statement feels like and how it IS currently changing your life. Regardless if its true or not. That is not the point. You're manifesting, believe in that power.

This is more powerful of an exercise than you can ever imagine.

Good Luck!

To your prosperity!

Georgina