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The Power of Positive Thinking
Your thoughts create a force. Can you buy in to the concept of the Power of Positive Thinking? Better still, will you adopt positive thinking intentionally as a daily practice? Would you consider making Positive Daily Affirmations part of your breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as that morning cup of coffee? Could you try it for a week as a launch point?
Affirming thoughts galvanize a person and can prompt their Spirit into action. Actions can be inspired by elements both within us and beyond, in ways we imagine as possible and in ways far beyond what we can and do imagine. How big can you imagine a dream? When was the last time something you desired showed up and you recognized it? And did you seize the moment and accept the gift received?
Why not think the good thoughts more often? What purpose does critiquing ourselves truly serve. Last time I checked in with my core Self, it wanted acknowledgement of what I was doing well, not another review of my last top ten list of mistakes made. Practicing positive affirmations and daily, helps us grow skillful at developing self-love, self-acceptance, and empowers us to create more of what we want.
Do you listen to that inner voice that tells you what it needs any given moment? Or have you turned the volume knob down so that you can’t hear the chorus saying, “we are ready for that great new…(life, love, state of health, career, vacation, opportunity).” How about turning the volume up so when intuitive guidance speaks clearly to us, we hear it?
The point is we are receiving messages all the time and the frequency we operate from either allows in clear messages or drowns them out with static. I want to hear the music and the messages within trying to be heard.
Have you ever opted to mindfully say no to harsh and negative self-judgment? For even a single day? What will it take for you to say yes to believing good outcomes can be manifest through the thoughts we lead with and declare most often?
This way of being and behaving is my personal philosophy for attracting the best life possible. It may not always happen on the schedule I set, but in time the lists of dreams I have determined become real for me, on a small or big scale. OR they feel so darn close.
The Power of Affirmations
The work of practicing Positive Daily Affirmations need not be difficult nor time consuming nor too lofty a pursuit. But, it is most effective when practiced consistently. So like brushing our teeth between meals, let us speak aloud affirmations that inspire us into supportive action. The power of positive thinking using affirmations is an elegant and easy way to shift your state of mind.
Why not keep it simple? Start by keeping it “local” in otherwords, keep it grounded in the moment where you are. I hear you thinking, “What do you mean?”
For example: if you are at work, feeling overwhelmed as you prep for a meeting that you really aren’t ready for START FROM WHERE YOU ARE and plan to do your best and show up on time, ready or not. Choose not to be late. That much you can give them. Try this alternative approach: 1. Do the best you can to be prepared and 2. Agree with your Self to be present and imagine it is simple to be in the flow of the meeting.
Why imagine the worst possible ending when if you arrived on time and relaxed, you might do a better job in the flow and without notes and polished slides to show. You might surprise yourself and your manager and the client.
Are you predominantly a positive person? Perhaps you are more neutral than negative? And if you are a negative Nelly, I am especially glad you are reading this post. The time to shift your fundamental way of thinking is this very moment. One day a time, one affirmation at a time, repeated as often as is helpful, and you are on your way.
Positive and daily affirmations will work their magic on you over time, if you will simply begin.
Imagine it is simple. And so IT is.
In recent days, I have been focusing on listening to the positive more than the negative thoughts that pop into my head. I literally had to, because the negativity was beginning to have a direct effect on my health. I was stressed out, and had not had a good night’s sleep in some time.
One morning, while I was out on my porch, just drinking in the day, I realized that all I had to do was to ignore all the negativity flowing through my head on a regular basis. Every time a negative thought popped up during my day, I adapted my best inside voice to just yell out “Next!”, and it went away. The next one that popped up got the same treatment, until it was just automatic. Since I started doing this, I sleep pretty good at night, and my stress level has dropped considerably and it works. Positive Daily Affirmation