AFFIRMATIONS

Months were spent daily conditioning my thoughts with memorized sayings by Norman Vincent Peale like:

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; lean not unto thine own understanding."

"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

Also reciting them almost non-stop on my bad days.

I found that I was not really thinking more positively. Nor was I really believing these statements. I kept saying them regardless and was hoping, I guess, that through repetition, they would somehow infiltrate my mind. As if through osmosis.

I later added to these affirmations.

My psychologist gave me a simple: "I love my life!" to say daily and especially while out on my walks. Here I was to touch each finger with my thumb (a word per finger) to add tactile reinforcement.

I revisited Louise Hay and downloaded her Hay House Facebook page where daily I could read her visually appealing affirmations. Written in plain English, they were easier to digest.


Here is today's affirmation:

I could never comprehend affirmations. A healthy mind has had no need for them. You are already living affirmatively. It is once the mind weakens and negative thoughts make a home there, that I started to understand and really appreciate how words could act as a soothing balm for the mind.

Affirmations.

A good day or a bad day, affirmations are part of my daily routine.

Being religious, Norman Vincent Peale's have power over me. The other positive statements are interspersed throughout for variety and simplicity.

I need to keep working at being more positive, but the affirmations help me keep the negative thoughts at bay.

I finally get the function of affirmations.

Published By: Valdone's Leaf