Definition: To accept, admit, or recognize something.
How has acknowledgement changed something in your life?
I think it’s safe to say we’ve all experienced some form of acknowledgment, no matter how big or small.
It may be something you came to terms with almost instantly, or something you struggled with for a bit, like acknowledging you were wrong.🙃
Regardless, it took some thought and courage to admit this to yourself. Since this blog is about leveling YOUR life up, we will remain focused on ourselves.
Shorty after giving birth to my daughter, I noticed myself feeling a bit of restlessness. I wasn’t sure why I was having this sensation, instead of the joy and excitement of having a new baby. I thought something was definitely not right. Here was my new beautiful, healthy, lovely baby girl, and I was feeling something other than bliss? This was not what I expected my new mom life to be like.
Until I took the opportunity to sit down with myself and figure out what was going on, I would just keep the current thoughts on repeat throughout my days. On a piece of paper with my erase-able pen in hand, I began writing down different words describing what I was feeling.
The words I had jotted on this journal page were not words I was normally using in my vocabulary. I realized I had been feeling this way without actually acknowledging what those feelings were. In other words, because I was feeling something other than bliss, I was pushing those feelings away. I wanted so badly to feel happy all the time, which I realize now is impossible because I am a human.
Until this was written down on paper, did I realize the true emotions I had been having. I was able to identify them and sit with them. They were not pleasant and I did feel some shame about having them. I eventually learned that resisting those undesired thoughts had done nothing for me.
Acknowledging those undesired, negative emotions was not easy. Like most things that come with being new at something,(mommying in this instance) there will be obstacles, but we do the damn thing anyway.
Now, I’d like to encourage you to acknowledge something within your life. You can start with something small, what matters is to try this for yourself.
Did you learn something new about yourself?
I’d love to know if this was helpful to you. Feel free to let me know in the comment section.
