Gremlin Stomp

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I'm loving this week of 12 Secrets as Jamie leads us in our ongoing fight against Gremlins!

This is right up my alley, as I don my steel-toed boots and start stomping away!

Gremlins you say?

Honey! Gremlins are coming out of the woodwork inside and out! Inside and out! So let the games begin.

Meet the Pink Gremlin: She is so soft and sweet and cuddly, but from her scarlet lips come the poison zingers. "Are you sure you can do this?" "Do you think maybe you are being a bit too strong?" "People don't like assertive women, maybe you should tone it down a bit, sweetie."

To this gremlin, I say. "Yes, I can do this! Yes, I am strong and assertive! It took me long enough to be this way, so take your pink sweetness and shove along!"

Meet the Sunny Gremlin: He is a happy fellow, all smiles and sunshine with a dark underbelly that will trip you up. He likes to deliver one-line jokes at your expense. And he laughs and laughs and laughs.

I stuff a nice big cloth in his pie hole and skip along.

Meet the Green Gremlin: He is so full of bile and jealousy, and is determined to thwart you at every turn. He likes to make you second guess yourself. Criticizes your every move. He flat out refuses to cooperate and when you confront him, he cries. Like a baby. Ah, the old guilt card!

Stomp!
Refuse to feel guilt for your convictions, and your successes. Plow over the little bastard and keep going. He lacks the wherewithal to do anything but spew toxins.
Stomp don't ingest!

Meet the Blue Gremlin: She likes to appear friendly and comforting. She is always present when you are feeling low, determined to serve you tea and depression. Comforting you with words like. "You can't win all the time." "You couldn't really do it anyway." "Nobody loves you but me." "Success isn't for everyone."

I shove the tea and tissues right back at her, and declare, "Go away! I can win, even when I seem not to, because I gain something from every experience, be-otch! I can do anything I choose to, and I love me, no matter what! Be gone!"

Meet the Red Gremlin: She is hot with her fury and bubbles over with rage. Rage at the world, anger with everything and everyone in it. Hatred for you if you do not join her. She spurs you on with her little forked tongue. "How dare they do that to you!" "Who do you think you are fooling?" "Shut up, no one is listening, and no one cares!"

The best antidote for this gremlin is smiling. A huge, lovely smile plastered on your face, even if you have to do it over gritted teeth. Smile, baby, smile. And she will dissolve in a fiery puddle of her own stewing.

Do you recognize these gremlins? They multiply and have cousins that echo inside of you. They like to make us into their puppets, but no, they are full of hot air. The only power they have is the one we give them. They are meaningless, unhappy little critters who like company in their misery. Do not give it to them!

Laugh!
Rejoice!
Play!
Paint!
Draw!
Dance!
Who cares if it's not perfect? Do it for the sheer delight of it!
Hop into rain puddles!
Skip along singing a tune of your choosing even if it is off key. Even if no one else is singing!

And they will dissolve.
They will flee holding their ears in terror, because their little nasty tricks did not work!

This I know is true.

Blessed be! :)