I used to think Affirmations were just a bunch of bunk. Honestly. who stands in the bathroom, looking in the mirror and says these things. These ooey gooey sappy words and phrases. So what, these are just supposed to sink into your mind and your day is going to be awesome? yeah. well. I'm not really about all that. I suppose it's true I come from a lot of negative thinking. doom and gloom. worry. So these mantras are just ridiculous to me.
I had a store manager that called me into his office one day and told me all about this book about "changing the culture". From now on, he tells me, everything we say will be above the negative line. um what? yes. Everything you say will have a positive spin on it. Sure. I'm positive this is a stupid experiment. ha. And that's exactly what happened. we failed miserably at this experiment. I don't know if it was the way he presented it or what. A few years later, I took a class and guess what. 90% of it was about Self talk. flashbacks were happening. Mantras were now part of my daily life for 45 days. I did them. But I didn't believe them. "You are beautiful" I would tell myself, I had to refrain from adding the "except for your nose" or whatever was bothering me that day. I'm not sure when it happened, later, months later I started collecting them on Pinterest. Oh I still have some negative ones because, well lets face it, it's who I am. but I have had a mind shift. I am awesome. I do deserve happiness. Yes good things can happen to me. I don't know why I didn't believe it before, but I do now. I try to remove the negativity from my life. It's not possible. I just have to work a little harder in letting it go and letting more good in. I encourage you to re-examine your thoughts on affirmations. Positive Self Talk is so important. Shifting your focus is hard but so worth it. You will find your self in many more moments of happiness and laughter than you can imagine. Your postive vibes will attract others with positive vibes. I'm seriously not making this stuff up. try it. Right now say "I deserve it" did you laugh or smirk just a bit. yeah... you know I'm right about this.
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