YOU are a BADASS — DECK

You are a Badass Deck, by Jen Sincero — It’s time to get mighty clear about what makes you happy and what makes you feel the most alive, and then create it instead of pretending you can’t have it.

The cards in this deck were created from a book You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life.

Well, has it done the job? Am I living an “Awesome Life”? Have I stopped doubting my greatness?

Probably not! I need just a few more years of prompts to help me get to this point, as I can still be a mess!

What I can say is that I am processing the last election and my reaction to it, and I am getting close to accepting my greatness and recognizing that, in spite of it all, I am living an awesome life! I have to confess!

OWN YOUR UGLY — Start noticing the things that drive you nuts about other people, and, instead of complaining or judging or getting defensive about them, use them as a mirror. Especially if you find yourself getting really worked up. Get mighty real with yourself — is this quality something you have? Or does it remind you of something you’re actively trying to suppress? Or avoid? Or that you’re actively doing just the opposite of? Or that you’re threatened by? Become fascinated by, instead of furious about, the irritants surrounding you and get yer learnin’ on. Jen Sincero

Recognizing how far I have come is a miracle

And I didn’t have to have an oracle

to point out just how far I have come

making the changes and it may sound dumb

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Jealousy and sarcasm are gone with the wind

The face that would sink a thousand ships is outwind

Recognition of when someone else bothers me

that we are more alike than different I see

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I hated the past three elections and discovered

it isn’t people having different opinions or beliefs

it is my fear of what happened in my life was recovered

growing up with racism, bringing up many, many griefs

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Doesn’t time heal griefs and quarrels for me in my lifetime?

Maybe in the next one, some will say, no way, not a next time

I choose to do it right this time and not have to leave the Creator

again, I plan to stay with the Creator as there is nothing greater!

Face your fears with the truth, that they are all in your mind, and they will lose their power over you. Jen Sincero

Going out after the election was a scary place for me

It meant facing my fears and proving to me it wouldn’t be

The racism is always there, not just after an election

The last time around it was covert not an overt selection

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What is the worst thing to happen anyway I say

Last time I was followed around a store, so hey

maybe this time it will be okay, a great-grandma

could be out there stealing, I’ll take Grandpa

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I could think of it as payback for when I did steal

It wasn’t like I needed to steal for a meal

It was to get back for the treatment, not smart

I made amends for all of that years ago at the mart

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The old men staring at me so meanly

Is meanly a word, I could say keenly

I could just have asked if I had something out of place

but I already knew it was because I am from outer space.

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Is looking going to hurt me in the long run

No, I can let that go by praying for them Hon

resentments can go right away by doing that

I have done it many times before so I know this stat

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I really am better. I have little to nothing to fear

Life can be cruel and I choose to not contribute my dear

Smiling at everyone will help me to get through my day so

I will keep laughing and smiling like I learned years ago

tears and laughter are our first two medicines and they blow

all the fears, and insecurities out of the water. Time to go!

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First published by Mercury Press on medium.com