Today I'm going to attempt to explain my philosophy and way of changing my life. (I almost typed "attempt to change my life", but I caught myself.)In the wake of all of the hype surrounding "The Secret" movie and the Law of Attraction, I hope this doesn't just sound like a feeble attempt to mimic the information contained there.
In fact, I have always been interested in the power of the mind and positive thinking. Believe it or not, I was reading Dr. Wayne Dyer books when I was in the fifth and sixth grades. I can only imagine what my parents must have thought. I used to check out books on psychology at the library. I wanted to be a psychologist when I was an adult. As a matter of fact, Dr. Wayne Dyer's books helped me get through those difficult teenage years, I believe. He got me to think about peer pressure and other people's opinions in an entirely different way. I highly recommend his books. But I'm getting off track here.
As mentioned, I have always been interested in the inner workings of the mind, especially how it relates to our outer world. I started reading books to this effect when I was in my early twenties.
There was a particular book that I would pay highly for if I could find it again. The problem is, I can't remember the title or the author. But this book was OLD and it talked about positive thinking and focusing on clear mental pictures. The book wasn't "Think and Grow Rich", although that is another fantastic and highly recommended book for anyone looking to change their life.
Anyway, the point I'm finally getting to is that I am attempting to change my life through my mind, my inner thinking processes. I have other ways that I'm working on that I will get to later. But I honestly believe that what you think is what you get.
Monday, May 21, 2007
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Abundance Is All Around
I had been focusing on my lack of abundance after sending off the $12,000 dollars or so to the tax man. I kept thinking about what I could have done for myself with that money and how it didn't belong to me anymore. I felt as if it had been stolen from me. And we've been living on a pretty strict budget ever since. If anything happens out of the ordinary, where are we going to come up with the money? It could be anything- car repairs, medical bills, a family member far away becoming sick. Lots of negative scenarios kept running through my mind.
I've changed that thinking whenever I catch myself. After all, I can look in my refrigerator and it actually needs to be cleaned out. There is too much food. I can walk over to the kitchen counter and take my pick of a banana, tangelo, or apple every day. I can even afford to buy 'food' that has no nutritional value at all- colas, candy bars, ice cream. I still own my home that I love so much. Even though I'm not living in it, my kids are able to stay there as they go to college.
My family is healthy. All of us can walk, we are capable of taking care of ourselves and require no medications. All of my children are smart and have no physical or mental disabilities.
My husband has a job that is relatively secure. He makes a good salary. All of my family has a roof over their heads.
I have a vehicle to get around. It is fairly new and should be perfectly reliable. I am able to afford to own such a vehicle.
I have no reason to feel like I am deprived. I bet you don't either. Do you have plenty of food, a roof over your head? Abundance is everywhere. Look around. Do you also have an overabundance of food in your pantry? I bet if you look in your closets there are piles of shoes on the floor and clothes crammed onto the closet rods. Most of the clothes you don't even wear, right?
You probably own more than one television, vehicle, and stereo. Most of your family probably has cell phones. This keeps you in touch with each other at all times and keeps everyone safe in case of an emergency.
Look out your front window. Do you see green grass, birds, squirrels, trees? If so, you are blessed with abundance. Not everyone has this beauty everyday that you take for granted. (See earlier post.)
Concentrate on your abundance. It's there. Whenever a negative deprivation thought tries to bully its way through, block it with a positive affirmation. Even something as simple as "I'm alive" will do.
I've changed that thinking whenever I catch myself. After all, I can look in my refrigerator and it actually needs to be cleaned out. There is too much food. I can walk over to the kitchen counter and take my pick of a banana, tangelo, or apple every day. I can even afford to buy 'food' that has no nutritional value at all- colas, candy bars, ice cream. I still own my home that I love so much. Even though I'm not living in it, my kids are able to stay there as they go to college.
My family is healthy. All of us can walk, we are capable of taking care of ourselves and require no medications. All of my children are smart and have no physical or mental disabilities.
My husband has a job that is relatively secure. He makes a good salary. All of my family has a roof over their heads.
I have a vehicle to get around. It is fairly new and should be perfectly reliable. I am able to afford to own such a vehicle.
I have no reason to feel like I am deprived. I bet you don't either. Do you have plenty of food, a roof over your head? Abundance is everywhere. Look around. Do you also have an overabundance of food in your pantry? I bet if you look in your closets there are piles of shoes on the floor and clothes crammed onto the closet rods. Most of the clothes you don't even wear, right?
You probably own more than one television, vehicle, and stereo. Most of your family probably has cell phones. This keeps you in touch with each other at all times and keeps everyone safe in case of an emergency.
Look out your front window. Do you see green grass, birds, squirrels, trees? If so, you are blessed with abundance. Not everyone has this beauty everyday that you take for granted. (See earlier post.)
Concentrate on your abundance. It's there. Whenever a negative deprivation thought tries to bully its way through, block it with a positive affirmation. Even something as simple as "I'm alive" will do.
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