power of positive thought
It’s Not The Why, It’s The How
Throughout some of my latest posts I’ve focused on varying angles of the same topic of positive thought, and I’ve had some wonderful feedback on what I’ve been writing, for which I’d like to thank you all.
Yet, not one of you so far has asked, “How?”
“How can I get on a positive thought path?”
“How can I build that mental muscle to overcome any setbacks along my journey, and clear any others that were there?”
“How can I clear patterns that are clearly not working for me?”
“How can I even realise I’m running patterns that are not working for me?”
“How can I take things less personally and remove blockages in my relationships?”
“How can I stop beating myself up internally, and create the life that I desire?”
I could go on… but I’ll let you write your own list of questions now that I got your mind warmed up.
Have you been asking yourself these questions, or have you circled around, “Why?” like a vulture scoping out its prey?
Instead of, “Why am I not feeling good about myself?” ask, “How can I change the way I feel about myself?”
Or, “Why am I not able to sustain a healthy intimate relationship?” ask, “How can I improve my relationship with myself, in order to attract a meaningful lasting relationship with someone else?”
All of this leads me to question how much of what I’ve written you’re actively taking on board, or dismissing as, “That positive talk of hers.” And what might be motivating resistance in you?
I’m not just sharing these insights to fill in pieces of paper or blog posts for my own self expression (or as a reminder to myself), I’m writing them for you. Because I hear your worries, troubles and woes, and this is my platform to voice some of the ways you can make your own life easier. I believe in your ability to create anything you choose. You inspire me to inspire you towards the life you dream of and rarely take time to believe in these days. Because life is for living, learning and enjoying, not dragging one’s feet in misery, self-deprecation, skepticism and lack of self-worth.
And it’s not about me proving any of this to you, because if you don’t believe in your own power, then no amount of external support or validation is going to quiet the negative voices in your head unless you choose to (even though it may encourage you to start speaking to yourself with more love and support). I am going to continue sharing these thoughts as they come to me, purely out of knowing that at some given moment, you’ll be ready to act on them. And it may not even be through my words, which is fine. There’s enough coffee going around for everyone to wake up, and you already are, right?
And by applying yourself, you will learn to see the results of your own thinking in a whole new light.
Some of you have been getting negative results and spinning your wheels in further negative self talk or brow-beating, and blaming external circumstances for your troubles. Without realising it, you’ve basically created your own tornado of doom and gloom, which you may be experiencing in work or career, relationships, friendships, or how you relate to your immediate environment.
And you haven’t felt great about that, have you?
It’s time to consider flipping the page now and start with a new approach, and without judgement. Take all those negatives and turn them into positives. How often you repeated the negatives to yourself may be a starting point to how often you’ll repeat the positive thoughts to yourself, until you experience your internal tipping point for those new thoughts to become the norm within you, and show yourself astounding new results. You may actually find it just takes you a week or two – and that will be cool, will it not?
My passion is driven by wanting you to want yourself to have the life you’re playing inside your mind come to a tangible fruition. Take those visions, doodle on the storyboard, and play.
Play with your talents, play with your strengths, learn to accept and respect your intuition. Believe in your power of creativity. And remember simplicity…
If you’re sitting in a cold living room, do you continue to sit there and complain, or do you get up and turn on the heat? You turn on the heat, right?
So apply the same simplicity to the other things that are not working for you, and change them.
Be patient, kind and forgiving of yourself. And it’s okay to admit you were running negative thoughts, at least to yourself. Awareness really is the key – invite yourself to walk through that door confidently. You may find there’s banana bread waiting for you on the other side…
That said, who’s written their list and going to be the first to ask,”How?” (and actually mean to do something about it).
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