I’m not sure if you know that statistically we have about 90,000 thoughts going on in our head every single day. That’s a lot of thoughts!
So many self help books tell us to think positively. While I agree in part, how do you monitor that many thoughts per day to ensure they are positive? The truth – well you just can’t.
Other books tell you to stop focusing on negative thoughts or the things you don’t want. How do you achieve this exactly?
If I told you to think about anything for one hour, except for a white polar bear, what you will find is that the bear will spring to your mind many times over that hour. Not sure? Then why not experiment with it. For the next hour, think of anything except a white polar bear!
So why is it that the very thing you don’t want to think about is so present in your mind? Well, in order to ‘not think’ of something, you first have to think about it, then negate it in your mind and think about something else.
Here’s the real problem: If you are thinking about ‘not’ being something or ‘not’ having something you don’t want, you are actually projecting that into the environment around you and you end up getting more of what you don’t want.
How is it that angry people seem to attract other angry people and get into fights that the rest of us ‘non angry’ people seem to avoid? Because they are projecting thoughts based on anger into the world around them.
If you tell someone who is on a diet, not to have chocolate, they are more than likely to consume more as a result. However, tell a person on a diet to eat more vegetables and that’s where their focus will be.
The more negative thoughts you have (and try not to have) the more damage you may be doing to your life, both internally and externally. It can affect your health and your ability to move forward.
So why not learn how to let go of negative thoughts, emotions, beliefs and doubts that prevent you from having your life the way you want it.
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Bye for now….
Deborah