Greetings my Friends,
Given the exasperations many people are feeling, brought about by this lockdown, I am thinking that it is time to zero in on the art of living a life of Positivity, Gratitude, and the finding of a “New” and acceptable way of life.
The path of living a life of Positivity is strewn with all kinds of suggestions of what to do to be more successful at designing our lives. We are told, “It is important to make and accept changes, It is important to look at the choices we have made and to make new choices, We can re-wire our thinking, We can re-invent who we are, It is important to know where you are going and know what you want, and the big one, Think Positive.”
These past 12 months have been a struggle for many, a struggle that has somewhat numbed us to the positive thinking arena and I am hoping that the information I am sharing here will “Prime the Pump” of thinking and living a life of Positivity in this world of uncertainty and help us all in going forward in our quest to be the best version of ourselves we can be.
I have read “Positive Thinking” Books all of my adult life and the one thing I found lacking in most of them was the “How To” of making changes in our way of thinking and acting. They told us What to Do but not How to Do it.
Many of these books talked about countering negative self-talk and negative self-actions with positive self-talk and positive self-actions. However, while that is what I needed to do, I found it difficult to know how to re-word my negative self-talk with positive well worded self-talk and positive self-actions. I would get to the end of the book and feel like “OK, now what do I say or do to make this work and reverse the negative self-talk and actions?” I felt that if I already knew how to do all this, I wouldn’t have needed to read those books!!! I needed their teachings but I also needed help in knowing how to execute what they were teaching.
I think it would be helpful to actually be shown the tools necessary to learn the how of making these monumental life decisions.
Now, please do not misunderstand, every book I have read in this Positive Thinking genre has been a help, and the majority of these books are excellent in providing that which they are wanting to teach. However, in my humble opinion, the latest books do a much better job of giving the “How To” of practicing Positive Self Talk.
In the next few months, I am going to provide as many of the recommendations on “How To” make positive changes in our lives from the Positive Thinking, and Positive Action-taking Gurus as I can find. I will help provide Positive words from every letter of the alphabet along with many simple, self-empowering worded, Mantras to help get us on track until you can find your own chosen words and design your own Mantras that will work for you in your world.
After all, this is why I became a Professional Life Coach and Motivational Life Strategist over 40 years ago, to find all the ways we can “Prime” our proverbial “Positive Thinking” pumps with the wording needed to do so.
Try these daily affirmations, from personal development coach Courtney Wright :
Monday Affirmation
I am productive and successful
Super Tunes Tuesday
I am stronger than yesterday, Now its nothing but my way.
By Britney Spears
Read the rest at https://medium.com/swlh/7-affirmations-to-make-this-week-the-best-week-ever-3ac5963f188d
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Positive Thinking does not make problems or negative events go away. Thinking Positive helps us deal with the negative side of life in such a way that allows us to keep surviving the struggles life throws at us. Positive Thinking only works if, and when, action is also taken.
Next time, we’ll talk about MANTRAS!
Have a terrific time with these and make it fun.
Hugs