"The Greatest Showman" is one of my all-time favorite movies. (I'd like to pause and apologize to those who were guests in my home during 2020 for making you watch or listen to it EVERY time the visit went beyond 20 minutes or so. It's a sorry-not-sorry king of thing...but I felt the effort would count for something.)
This song, from score to choreography, is arguably one of the best "Nobody puts Baby in a corner" anthems ever to grace our airwaves. Why? IMHO, the pronoun change. Nobody puts ME in a corner!
Here are the obvious affirmations peppered throughout the lyrics:
I belong. I am glorious. I march on. I am not afraid. I make no apologies. I am not ashamed. I am brave. I reach for the sun. I am a warrior. I am worthy.
There are also countless implied self-affirming battle cries depending on the listener's circumstances.
My favorite and the one that resonates the most with me... at least this week:
"I am brave, I am bruised. I am who I'm meant to be. This is me"
Flaws, strengths, wins, losses, super hero, wounded... all of it... and we are gloriously worthy!
Whether you have never heard it or, like me, it's on a playlist loop, I encourage you to turn up the volume, focus on the lyrics, and belt them out anytime that voice in your head starts spinning lies.