It is Safe to Be Smart....
Setup (Karate Chop Point)
Karate Chop: Even though I learned that being “smart” meant being superior, manipulative, or unsafe, I deeply and completely accept myself.
Karate Chop: Even though part of me still believes that smart people are different from me, I honor where that belief came from.
Karate Chop: Even though I separated myself from the word “smart” to stay safe, I choose to see this pattern with compassion now.
Round 1
Top of Head: I learned a definition of smart that didn’t feel safe.
Eyebrow: I watched intelligence used as control.
Side of Eye: I saw “smart” connected to superiority.
Under Eye: And my system decided that wasn’t who I wanted to be.
Under Nose: So I distanced myself from the word.
Chin: Even when I achieved.
Collarbone: Even when I succeeded.
Under Arm: Even when I proved myself.
Top of Head: I still couldn’t call myself smart.
Round 2 – Awareness & Release
Eyebrow: That belief helped me survive.
Side of Eye: It helped me avoid becoming “like them.”
Under Eye: It kept me safe as a child.
Under Nose: But I’m not a child anymore.
Chin: I can choose a new definition now.
Collarbone: I release the old meaning of smart.
Under Arm: I release the fear attached to it.
Top of Head: It is safe to outgrow this belief.
Round 3 – Reclaiming the Word
Eyebrow: Smart does not mean superior.
Side of Eye: Smart does not mean manipulative.
Under Eye: Smart means aware.
Under Nose: Smart means curious.
Chin: Smart means capable of learning.
Collarbone: Smart means emotionally intelligent.
Under Arm: Smart means expanding.
Top of Head: And I am allowed to be that.
Final Integration Round
Eyebrow: It feels safe to know things.
Side of Eye: It feels safe to think deeply.
Under Eye: It feels safe to grow.
Under Nose: It feels safe to be capable.
Chin: I don’t have to shrink to belong.
Collarbone: I don’t have to reject my intelligence to be kind.
Under Arm: I can be smart and compassionate.
Top of Head: I choose to embody my intelligence now.
Identity Anchor:
I am a smart person.
I define what that means.
My intelligence is grounded, ethical, and expanding.
And it is safe for me to fully own it.
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