Have you ever taken time to identify the beliefs you hold about yourself? What goes on in your mind when you make mental statements or declarations about who you are as a person? Do you identify yourself as being undesirable, unworthy, or unhealthy? I know for me as I ponder these questions, I see how my mind has wondered away from who I know I truly am. In the process it has affected my emotional well being, along with my ability to create joyfully in this world.
It’s vital we take the time to realign what it is we believe about ourselves, when we do, we’ll notice how irrational some of those thoughts have been. Pay close attention to how those thoughts affect your everyday decisions; how we view ourselves, our personal level of self acceptance, is the most influential factor when it comes to our life experience.
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I’m definitely in that place right now, where life itself is trying to show me the importance of living consciously when it comes to how I view myself. As the opinion I hold about myself begins to lean towards that which is based in fear, my world begins to shift and life become much more difficult. I lose a tremendous amount of self discipline when it comes to making the decisions I know are best for me, there is a lost sense of caring for myself and others which leads to making decisions that serve only the ego, and that which I used to do with ease becomes a challenge not worth overcoming.
To realign my thoughts, I simply must take a major timeout and say “hey! wait a minute. I am not experiencing the ease, beauty, and abundance I should be, what am I thinking about myself that is hindering this flow of Love into my life.” What I then am going to do (after I finish this) is begin making a list of the negative thoughts which are holding me back. Thoughts such as… You’re never gonna make it, nobody cares, you’re not meant for this, don’t you remember back when… etc etc etc. After I have this list, I will go through the most dominant thoughts and look at them logically rather than just emotionally.
Example: You’re never gonna make it. This is purely an emotional statement with a focus on tomorrow. I know for a fact, tomorrow doesn’t exist, it’s irrational for me to believe that I can be something tomorrow that I am not already today. If I were to define what “it” was, it would only be a label of some sort, having nothing to do with you I truly am. It’s also a good time to redefine what it is I do want to experience; in this case I would redefine that I’m not trying to become anything, I simply desire to be in a state of Being, in Now. I know that by taking care of the moments in now, the moments of another time will take care of themselves. At this point, in my mind I’ve proved to myself the fallacy of the statement, and now I will pick a new statement to replace the old one. When I am consciously aware of the old negative though, I will replace it with the new one, which is… You are who you choose to be in Now, you can make now better simply by being in this moment who you want to be.
Nobody Cares… This statement again is completely emotional. To tell myself nobody cares is a cop-out from doing what needs to be done, not to mention a gross over generalization. This is because I can prove people care by rereading letters and emails I have received that detail the impact my self expressions have and had on peoples lives. The logical reality is “yes” some people don’t care, but many do, and it’s the ones that do care I am writing and expressing for. The new mental statement will become… Wow! I truly am amazed with the feedback I do receive, it’s obvious people do care.
And so on and so on. As I go through the rest of these on my own, I will either memorize them or write them down. I will choose emotional mental statements along with logical ones, since I’m driven by both. Along with writing them down, for the next two weeks or so I’m going to were a rubber band around my wrist to offer some sort of physical reinforcement. As I move forward consciously, when I notice these old negative thoughts I will snap the rubber band to help break the mental pattern and offer up the new and improved statement.
I hope you see how important it is that we take the time to seek positive solutions rather than just wallowing in our own self pity, which solves nothing. Most people never give an honest effort to improve their thought process, which ultimately results in minimal or no growth at all. We become so busy with life’s routine that self exploration has no priority. If we truly desire to create change, we must understand the responsibility in personal growth; whether it’s doing little exercises like this one, or taking time to read a growth oriented book, something must be done. If you say you don’t have time, the above exercise is a great start, with that statement at top of the list. Because… you do have time, you simply have to want it bad enough.
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