Positive affirmations

Pay attention to your thoughts as they enter your mind. As a thought enters your mind first determine if the thought is positive or negative. If the thought is negative, then simply acknowledge the thought and say in your mind "Oh, there's a thought." Then visualize your hand reaching into your mind and taking the thought out and throwing it into the garbage.

You can also ask yourself why that negative thought is there and what the positive intent is behind it. For example: If you were driving down the freeway and you missed your exit, your negative self talk might say "you're so stupid! I can't believe you missed that exit!" If this were to happen, you should acknowledge your negative self talk by saying "Oh, there's a thought" and then visualize yourself throwing the thought into the garbage.

The next step would be to think of the positive intent behind this negative thought which might be something like: "I want to make it to my destination on time." Once you reframe the thought by thinking of the positive intention, you have difused the negative thought. Negativity is a vicious dragon that can destroy you. Be creative by using positive affirmations.

What you put your intention on Grows:

How often have you complained about what you didn't want? Did it ever bring you what you really wanted? Fighting the negative is a total waste of time. The more you dwell on what you don't want, the more of it you create.

What you put your intention on grows and becomes permanent in your life. Move away from the negative and put your attention on what it is that you really DO want to be or have. Turn your negative affirmations into positive affirmations. For example: "I don't want to be fat," or "I hate the way I look," becomes "I am slender," or "I feel beautiful and vibrant."

Affirmations

Learn to think in positive affirmations. Affirmations are any statements you make. Too often we think in negative affirmations, which only creates MORE of what you say you DON'T WANT. Saying "I hate my job," will get you nowhere. Declaring "I now accept a wonderful new job," will open the channels in your consciousness to create that.

Make positive statements about how you want your life to be - always making your statements in present tense. Such as "I am..." or "I have..."

The process of Loving the self

No matter what the problem, the main issue to work on is Loving Yourself. This is the "magic wand" that dissolves problems. Remember the times when you have felt good about yourself and how well your life was going? LOVING YOURSELF MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD. It is impossible to really love yourself unless you have self approval and self -acceptance. This means NO NEGATIVE SELF TALK WHATSOEVER!

Remember that what ever you Focus on Grows. When you begin to give yourself approval and acceptance AS IF it were already true, you create the positive changes in your inner world that seem to magically make it come true.

Thoughts have no power over us unless we give in to them. Thoughts are only words strung together. They have NO MEANING WHATSOEVER. Only the meaning that we give them. Choose to think thoughts that will nourish and support you. YOU DESERVE IT!

Part of self acceptance is releasing other people's opinions. Often what we think of as the things "wrong" with us, are merely expressions of our own individuality. We are meant to be unique. When we can accept this, then there is no competition or comparison.