You and your life
will never be more than what you think about yourself and life. So, what will
you choose to think?
You assess,
measure, and treat others and life according to the way you think, including
how you think about yourself, which includes truths and untruths. You can think
on purpose. You can think truths on purpose. You can choose to choose your own
thoughts.
Here are some
examples of untruths we tell ourselves and some truths we can tell ourselves instead:
U: Today is going
to be a bad day.
T: I am grateful
for today, and grateful I can trust myself to choose thoughts, words, and
actions that support me and others in a productive, caring way.
U: My family
member(s)/work associates/etc. take advantage of me, or don’t treat me right.
T: Everything and
everyone is a blessing to me—even if a hidden one; and I choose to be a
blessing to others. I can look for and find the blessings and appreciate them,
whether that means I stay where I am or I don’t.
U: I know they are
(this is) going to annoy me.
T: I choose to set
my mind on peace, and I make choices appropriate for me from there.
U: I am what I do
(job, homemaker, etc.).
T: I am the one who
chooses what I do and who I am.
U: My worth is
based on what I do and achieve, and on my bank balance.
T: My worth is
aligned with Source, and is immeasurable in the heart of Source and in the
hearts of those I am a blessing to.
U: My life sucks.
T: My experience of
life is based on my perspective, and I always have the power to choose my
perspective.
U: Who I am is
based on what others think of me.
T: Who I am is
based on what Source is—because we are one, as well as on what I choose to tell
myself about who I REALLY am—an expression of Source.
U: I can’t be happy
until (fill in the blank) changes or happens.
T: I am happy the
moment I choose to be; and my deeper understanding of how life works (Law of
Attraction) helps me to make this choice as soon as it feels appropriate to me
to do so.
From Joyce Meyer:
“You feel the way you feel because you think the thoughts you think. . . .
(scientific finding) 87% of all illness is connected to wrong thinking.” What
do you imagine this percentage is for other things going on in your life and
for how you experience your life? If you want more joy and serenity, you can
amend your perspectives so you can amend your emotions so you can amend your
thoughts so you can amend your words and actions. You can choose to set
yourself up to experience your moments in a more empowered way.
You can look to and rely on
Source and Source’s infinite resources rather than solely on where you are in
your life right this moment and what you believe you are capable of. It’s vital
that you not let the opinions—positive or negative—of any one person or society
influence knowing your truth, the Truth of Source, and the Truth of your
connection to and with Source, and what you are truly capable of doing or accomplishing at, first, the inner level
and, second, in your life.
You can tell yourself untruths or
truths. You can tell yourself you’re all alone or that Source is always with
you. You can tell yourself that life is a struggle or that Source always
supplies and provides what’s needed, and in right timing. You can tell yourself
that you are less or that you are a spiritual being in a body, engaged in a
process of experiences that lead to spiritual evolution and empowerment. You
can let fear control you or you can trust Source’s inspirations and trust
yourself to make choices appropriate for you. You can tell yourself you cannot
choose your thoughts or that you can and will.
You can choose to nurture and
engage untruths or Truths. Both can lead you to spiritual evolution and
personal empowerment, but Truths will get you there quicker and with far less
drama.
Here is something from
Abraham-Hicks that you might consider making your Truth: “I'm going to be
happy. I'm going to skip. I'm going to be glad. I'm going to smile a lot. I'm
going to be easy. I'm going to count my blessings. I'm going to look for
reasons to feel good. I'm going to dig up positive things from the past. I'm
going to look for positive things where I stand. I'm going to look for positive
things in the future. It is my natural state to be a happy person. It's natural
for me to love and to laugh. This is what is most natural for me. I am a happy
person!” It’s a good practice; one
you’ll appreciate.
Practice makes progress.
© Joyce Shafer
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