Sacrifice Being a Victim

Every now and then I give my clients a little kick in the butt when I feel they need a loving, but firm awakening. And this is exactly what I found myself doing with a client I've been working with for the past 2 months.

She's been through a lot in her life and to her credit she's done a great deal of work on herself over the years making many sacrifices to achieve her desired changes. Not an easy thing to do. However, during one of our sessions, it occurred to me there was something else she wasn't sacrificing which kept her from really taking off - being a victim.

When I shared this with her, the silence that lingered over the phone line let me know I hit a cord. After about one minute she spoke up in a voice that had me straining to hear her.

She said, "You're right. I get a lot of pleasure from being the victim because people respond to me in a way that feels good."

Now that took a lot of courage to admit - not to me, but to herself. We worked on this for a few sessions and in a matter of weeks she sacrificed being a victim. Because of this, she is experiencing monumental growth and joy in her life.

Making sacrifices in your life isn't always about giving things up on a physical level. It's not always about giving something up to create more time for something else. Sometimes you've got to dig deep and see what belief or behavior you haven't been willing to sacrifice that's ultimately holding you back mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

Today, I invite you to dig deep and see what you haven't considered sacrificing that could ultimately shift your life experience, if you did. Then the next step, of course, would be to actually make the sacrifice.

Comments

[Jen, writer MembershipMillionaire.com]

Playing the victim can be very addicting. The novelty wears off pretty quickly for the people around but for the victim himself or herself, it won't go away pretty quickly. It's even harder to admit such a thing to oneself. What your client did was very brave and this realization would probably open new possibilities for her.