Well, hello there. My name is Morgan Harper-Nichols. I'm an artist and a writer, and this is a space where I share words that I hope can make a little room for you to slow down and take a few deep breaths as you prepare for whatever lies ahead. Thanks for being here today. And now on to today's episode.

Today I want to talk about affirmations. Affirmations are short phrases, usually written in the present tense that can help affirm something good in your

life, some area that you would like to grow in or something that you would like to focus on.

The reason why I personally love affirmations is because I believe in the power of words. I've talked about this

on the podcast before, but if you've ever had a moment where someone said something to you and it

just stayed with you, whether it was positive or negative and you still remember it years later,

you still remember how it made you feel again in either

direction, whether negative or positive. The same can be true for the words that we say of ourselves.

So think about how you talk to yourself. What kind of things do you say to yourself about yourself? And is there any room for

growth? Is there any room to add something to the way that you speak to yourself or speak about

yourself that could help you grow in some positive, beautiful, grace-filled way. So that's something that I believe

that affirmations can be. So I just wanted to give you 30 different affirmations that I have used

myself, that I will write down for myself that I've also shared with others if they are just looking for ideas.

And I'll also put a link in the show notes to a blog post where I have all of these affirmations

listed. And what I want to encourage you to do is to just listen to these affirmations and take

them as your own. Of course, I'm the one

right who wrote them and who's offering them in this episode, but I'm sharing them with you because

I believe that this is something that other people can use for themselves and just take it as,

yeah, I'm saying this for myself, to myself. It's not just Morgan saying it to me.

So I hope that these 30 affirmations can speak to you in some way. And now on to those affirmations.

Number one, I am looking forward to the small things that bring me joy.

Number two, the seeds I sow matter more than I know.

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