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Harness The Power Of Positive Thinking

I know what you’re thinking – you’ve heard of this before; but have you really tried to tap into the power of your thoughts? I cannot tell you that that thoughts can cure everything, but I can tell you that positive thinking really does help. Here are some ways by which you can harness this power.

Think about this scenario: You toss and turn all throughout the night because you have a presentation the next day. You have prepared for this presentation for weeks, and you know the details in and out. You have anticipated possible questions that may raised. Still, you are afraid that things might become a mess. What if you forget the words? What if you overlook a detail?

This is just one scenario, but you can very well change the reason and you can still stress over things. Bottom line: you can worry all you want about something – anything!

How do you tap into the power of your thoughts? STOP thinking negatively. As I outlined, you have probably done all that you possible could given the situation. Thinking negatively will not help at all. Instead of dwelling on all the bad things that could happen, why not think about all the good things that could happen?

In the book Being Happy, the power of thinking positively is emphasized over and over again. I believe that this is for a reason: actions and events stem from what we think. The next time that you find yourself worrying yourself sick (literally and figuratively), remember this article. It just might help you.

Originally posted on April 11, 2010 @ 4:27 pm

Training Your Mind

While we’re on the topic of the power of thoughts, why don’t we take a deeper look into this? I know that a lot of people think that placing emphasis on one’s mental power is nothing but drivel. Trust me – I used to lean towards that way of thinking in the past. On the one hand, I believe that we are what we think, to a certain degree at least. On the other hand, I also realize that there are certain things that are out of our control and sometimes, no matter how much we think about a certain outcome, it just doesn’t happen.

Then again, I have experienced for myself just how powerful thoughts can be. It is when I let my mind wander and think about whatever it wants that I find myself getting more and more stressed. I find myself spinning out of control when this happens. And, if I don’t do anything about controlling my mind and my thoughts, everything just snowballs.

The solution? It is very simple: train your mind. Just like the muscles in our bodies, the mind can easily turn to “mush” and be practically useless unless we exercise it.

One technique that I learned from my counselor is to do positive affirmation whenever I find myself stressing over something that I know I have no control over; something that I shouldn’t be thinking about because doing so will not solve anything.

What does she mean by positive affirmation? Think of a short poem, a Bible verse, a few sentences – whatever will make you feel that whatever it is that is bothering you will be taken care of one way or another. Choose lines that are most meaningful to you. Whenever your mind starts wandering, recite these lines in your mind over and over again. Just keep doing it for as long as it takes.

It sounds kooky – yes, it does; but believe me, it got me through the worst months of my life. Train your mind. You’ll find that mental stress isn’t all that unbeatable.

Originally posted on April 18, 2010 @ 3:56 pm