Shadow Photo Contest: Self-intimidation can eat you up, but don't let it!

This is my entry for shadow photo by @melinda010100 coupled with my thoughts when I captured the photo.

Photo captures by Samsung Galaxy Note 5 for Shadow Photo Contest.

When people try to scare you or intimidate you, it is normal to feel scared, whether it lasts for awhile or for longer it depends on individual. Feeling scared is real, we can't avoid it at some points of our life. But feeling fearful when everything is going on fine is the worst fear ever. This is called self-intimidation.

We understand in this world, there are people who are bossy who love to bully and intimidate people. However, most often than not, we are the victim of ourselves intimidating ourselves from our mind and our thoughts.

We think of the worse scenario that could happen to us or someone we love. We entertain the thoughts of people disliking us or rejecting us eventhough nothing has happened. We direct a mind-movie inside our inner thoughts of how our colleagues are back-biting us or gossiping about us, again nothing has happened. We conclude the horrible thing when friends or family are late to reply our messages when you actually do not know where they are or you know they are busy working. You feel somewhat intimidated when your payout in Steemit's post is low. Worse still, you feel intimidated when your payout is high, and you see someone else's work you deem better than you.

All these thoughts will eat you up and you are left nothing but feeling extremely miserable and paralysed. It can be due to your past hurt undealt with, leaving a scar within you, enabling the button of intimidation switched on and making you feeling extremely scared from within. It could be you are lack of love thus you feel insecure about many things.

So, come one, give yourself some nudge as wake-up call! Stop torturing yourself and start to embrace yourself in a good way. Maybe you start to get your feet moving, jump up and down to shake off all your own intimidating thoughts. Or how about give your head a few knocks and knock out all the bad thoughts? Give your mind some booster (not just asking boost from minnowbooster) by self-declaring words such as;

• "I am good enough!"
• "Everything is gonna be fine"
• "Just be my best and God takes care the rest, phew!"
• "Enough is enough! Shoo shoo away the bad thought!"
• "I am loved".
• "I am not the best but I am the best version of me".
• "I am blessed". (start giving thanks for all you have, don't focus on what you don't have.

Throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ ~ The bible (2 Corinthians 10:5)

Last but not least, get a daily dose of love.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. ~ The Bible (1 Corinthians 13:4-8)

may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Love will fill you up and make you whole, leaving no hole for self-intimidating thoughts. Have a great day people! 💗

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Be blessed by this song just I am blessed. Life can be mysteriously challenging but surprisingly rewarding too!

"How He Loves" by Jesus Culture

He is jealous for me
Love's like a hurricane, and I am a tree
Bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy
When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory
And I realize just how beautiful you are and how great your affections are for me.

And oh
How He loves us oh
Oh how He loves us
how He loves us oh

We are His portion and He is our prize
Drawn to redemption by the grace in his eyes
If grace is an ocean, we're all sinking (ha ha)
So heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest
I don't have time to maintain these regrets
when I think about the way

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