In other
words, BELIEVE AND SUCCEED.
William
James said, "The greatest discovery of my generation is that
human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes
of mind."
"A man's
life is what his thoughts make of it." --Marcus Aurelius
You can
make just about anything of your life - anything you believe
or visualize, anything you pray for and work for. Look deeply
into your marvelous mind. Amazing wonders are there. Whatever
your situation, you can improve it. You are greater than anything
that can happen to you.
Here are
seven practical steps for changing your mental attitude from
negative to positive, for generating new, creative thoughts.
This is not a one-time shot; you must keep on trying these steps
for them to work.
1. Deliberately
speak positively for the next 24 hours. Speak hopefully
about EVERYTHING. About your job, your health, your future.
Go out of your way to talk optimistically about everything.
Sure, this will be a challenge, especially if your habit is
talking defeat.
2. Continue
this positive talking for the next week. After the initial
24 hours, KEEP GOING. Then give yourself a day or two to be
your "other" self; you'll discover that what you meant by "realistic"
a week ago was actually negative talk, but what you now mean
by "realistic" is something entirely different. It is your NEW
positive-talking self. And you'll notice more people talking
pessimistically. You may remark to yourself, "I can't believe
so many people talk like that!"
3. Feed
your mind as you feed your body. To make your mind healthy,
you must feed it nourishing, wholesome, positive thoughts. After
your 1-2 day "break" from positive thinking, start at once today
to shift your thoughts from negative to positive. Buy a self-help/inspirational/motivational
book. From the beginning, underline EVERY sentence about FAITH.
Do this for the entire book. These statements are the seeds
you'll plant into your mind.
4. Commit
to memorizing every underlined FAITH sentence. Memorize
one sentence each day, until you can recite the entire list
from memory. This will take time. But remember, you spent a
heck of a lot more time thinking negatively than this exercise
requires. Effort and time will eliminate your negative pattern.
5. Who
is the most positive thinker amongst your friends? Find
out who it is and start cultivating that relationship(s). I
didn't say to abandon your negative friends; just get closer
to the positive ones, absorb their spirit and strengthen your
faith, and come back to your negative friends with your new
way of thinking without taking on their negativity.
6. Avoid
arguing with negative thinkers. However, whenever a negative
attitude rears its ugly head, counter-attack with a positive
and optimistic opinion. Another great, universal law states
that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
EVERYTHING IS POLAR - hot/cold, up/down, in/out, front/back,
POSITIVE/NEGATIVE. Can't have one without the other. You're
not putting the other person down; you're just reinforcing your
positive opinion.
7. Ask
and you shall receive. God did not put us on earth to fail
at everything we try. He wants us to achieve all that we desire.
Whether we pray or not, we're sending messages to God of what
we want. He will not give you anything greater than what you
believe you can get. He wants to give you great things, but
even He can't make you take anything you don't have faith in.
Be careful for what you ask for!
Want a better,
more successful life? Cast out the old, dead, unhealthy thoughts.
Replace them with vital, positive, dynamite thoughts. This is
how simple it is to remake you, your life.
"Imagine
Having The Motivation And Energy To Take Control of Your Body
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