you do you
David Beckham’s new documentary on Netflix inspired me.
Not because he’s a perfect man (far from it) but because he kept playing great football despite the hate and backlash he got over his career.
One minute, the media and fans would praise and worship Beckham.
The next, he’d get booed out of the stadium for a mistake he made in the World Cup.
All at the ripe old age of twenty-three.
Most people couldn’t handle that level of scrutiny.
Yet somehow, Beckham was able to keep playing and playing well.
A surprising lesson stood out to me:
The opinion of others doesn't matter if we don't let it.
Aligning with who you really are
No matter what we do (or don’t do), we can’t control what others think and feel.
Abraham Hicks says:
“Many people early on in your experience attempt to demand your compliance with their rules and opinions, but if you allow what they want to be central to the decisions that you make, you only get further and further out of alignment with who-you-really-are and with the intentions that you were born with...”
There’s no way Beckham could control how people interpreted him.
Just like art.
As a writer, my only control is over the words I write.
Once emailed or posted online, I can't control how it’s interpreted or received.
All this to say, don’t let the fear of what others think stop you from pursuing what you love.
Or working to be your best.
Get in the arena
Beckham was in the arena.
Literally and figuratively.
He wasn’t afraid to put himself out there.
To develop his gift and get better at it.
Even if that meant that his failures and weaknesses were exposed, too.
The people who sit on the sidelines, booing and judging, are also afraid to get into the arena themselves.
Those aren’t the people you want to listen to.
Because they have no idea what it takes.
And if they did, they wouldn’t boo or judge.
So create.
Be who you’re called to be and make what you’re meant to make.
Good Quote
“No matter what choices you make, there will always be someone who does not agree with those choices, but as you find your balance and maintain your alignment, most who are observing you will be more inclined to ask you what your secret to success is rather than criticize you for being successful. And those who continue to criticize you would find no satisfaction in your justification, no matter how compelling your argument is.”
— Abraham Hicks, Money and The Law of Attraction
Good Question
Move up the ladder to higher vibrations by writing at the top of a blank page and see what flows from your pen (no judgment or editing!):
Are there any rules or opinions from others affecting how I make my decisions?
Good Thinking
My biggest priority is aligning with who I really am and keeping myself in balance.
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