16 | Honor People You Dislike

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Welcome back. Today we’re going to practice shifting our language from dishonor to honor.

In the last session we discussed the power our words can have over people’s lives.

Today we’re going go straight into DOING that.

If you don’t want to do this: then give me 3 minutes because that’s all this is going to take.

On that note, take a deep breath in, and on the exhale

think of someone you really don’t like right now. It could even be someone you don’t know - there’s enough politicians and public figures out there people are talking about - we can start there.

Or think of someone you do know. Perhaps someone hat’s really close to you. That’s really hurt you.

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To start with, I am sorry for the hurt you’ve been caused. There are possibly some things that have happened that you truly had nothing to do. But you were caught in the crossfire and impacted deeply.

And I’ll tell you now one of the challenging, yet most truthful, statement I’ve ever been told, by a friend that wasn’t scared of shooting me straight.

You may have not been the cause of the hurt and pain you’ve experienced.

But IT IS YOUR responsibility to heal.

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I do want to acknowledge that —- and empower you to allow hurt, hate, violence to actually not get absorbed and stuck in you, but to pass through you ..

and for you to find freedom.

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You are becoming a person capable of building up cultures of honor in every room you walk into.

You are becoming a world shifter by this inner work you are doing.

.. So think about someone you really don’t care for . . .

and do something extraordinary today . . .

and speak words of life over them.

All you will need is creativity, so lean on your creativity here, your mind and thoughts have the capacity to honor WHO someone is in your mind and speak life over them.

I’m going to go quiet and give you some space.

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Okay, how was that?

I’d actually love to hear. So feel free to reach out.

This moment - what you just did is the cornerstone of everything we’re doing here.

Because honor.. is easy… for people we like, trust, benefit from.

Honor is extremely hard .. for people that have hurt us, that we don’t like, don’t trust, feel betrayed by.

Honor doesn’t mean you have to reconcile. No, honor can exist with a strong boundary up.

That’s how beautiful and deep and powerful honor is.

Honoring people we have problems with is hard.

and you just did that.

So on that note, step back into your day.

and I’ll see you soon.