{"id":1117,"date":"2011-07-31T21:16:26","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T01:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=1117"},"modified":"2011-07-31T21:16:26","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T01:16:26","slug":"that-i-would-be-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2011\/07\/that-i-would-be-good.html","title":{"rendered":"That I Would Be Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clipartguide.com\/_pages\/1552-0811-1116-1008.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clipartguide.com\/_thumbs\/1552-0811-1116-1008.jpg\" alt=\"Oval Framed Mirror clipart\" width=\"78\" height=\"100\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even the most confident among us sometimes gaze into the mirror of our souls or the\u00a0reflective glass and are harshly critical of\u00a0the one who peers back at\u00a0us. As much as I know\u00a0I am\u00a0perfectly imperfect or imperfectly perfect, (just like you:) the monkey mind sometimes grabs\u00a0ahold of my heart and ain&#8217;t about to let\u00a0go without a tussle. \u00a0She tells me things like I will never be, do, or have my heart&#8217;s desires, and attempts to convince me that things are moving way too slowly. And then I hear this song and am instantly reminded of what is so&#8230;that I am and we are beautiful creations of the One who has divine design in mind. It brought my attention to a time in my life when I had a conversation with a friend who encouraged me to take inventory of all that I had accomplished in the previous 10 years as if I was looking at someone else&#8217;s life.\u00a0 In that way, I could, with relative objectivity, be amazed by it, rather than judgmental that is still wasn&#8217;t &#8216;enough&#8217;. Does this sound familiar to you as well?<\/p>\n<p>I invite you to make that same list.\u00a0 What experiences have you had that (despite what your inner critic would have you believe) tell you with undeniable clarity and certainty, that you are succesful?<\/p>\n<p>What if you knew that good enough was good enough and that you were acceptable AS IS even as you endeavored to stretch and grow?<\/p>\n<p>That I Would Be Good<\/p>\n<p>by Alanis Morisette<\/p>\n<p>That I would be good<br \/>\nEven if I did nothing<br \/>\nThat I would be good<br \/>\nEven if I got a thumbs-down<br \/>\nThat I would be good<br \/>\nIf I got and stayed sick<br \/>\nThat I would be good<br \/>\nEven if I gained ten pounds<\/p>\n<p>That I would be fine<br \/>\nEven if I went bankrupt<br \/>\nThat I would be good<br \/>\nIf I lost my hair and my youth<br \/>\nThat I would be great<br \/>\nIf I was no longer queen<br \/>\nThat I would be grand<br \/>\nIf I was not all-knowing<\/p>\n<p>That I would be loved<br \/>\nEven when I numb myself<br \/>\nThat I would be good<br \/>\nEven when I&#8217;m overwhelmed<br \/>\nThat I would be loved<br \/>\nEven when I was fuming<br \/>\nThat I would be good<br \/>\nEven if I was clingy<\/p>\n<p>That I would be good<br \/>\nEven if I lost sanity<br \/>\nThat I would be good<br \/>\nWith or without you <!--ringtones and media links --><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=44TRkB9dxvE\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=44TRkB9dxvE<\/a> <\/cite><\/p>\n<p><cite><\/cite>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><cite><\/cite>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Even the most confident among us sometimes gaze into the mirror of our souls or the\u00a0reflective glass and are harshly critical of\u00a0the one who peers back at\u00a0us. As much as I know\u00a0I am\u00a0perfectly imperfect or imperfectly perfect, (just like you:) the monkey mind sometimes grabs\u00a0ahold of my heart and ain&#8217;t about to let\u00a0go&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11,19,22,4,9],"tags":[622,624,621,623],"class_list":["post-1117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-attracting-what-you-desire","category-bliss-bites","category-empowerment","category-healing","category-inspiration","category-music","tag-alanis-morrisette","tag-monkey-mind","tag-self-esteem","tag-that-i-would-be-good"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>That I Would Be Good - The Bliss Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2011\/07\/that-i-would-be-good.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"That I Would Be Good - The Bliss Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Even the most confident among us sometimes gaze into the mirror of our souls or the\u00a0reflective glass and are harshly critical of\u00a0the one who peers back at\u00a0us. 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