I guess I’m pretty passionate about getting my message out there in the big wide world. I suppose I might, on occasion, get a bit riled up and pull out my soap box but I promise you it’s because I care.
A couple of days ago a friend and I were talking about an issue she was having at work. At one point she rolled her eyes at me and said “hold on, I know what you’re going to say here…mindset right?” I had to laugh because she was exactly right.
The thing is your mindset touches everything. It affects how you see and recieve life. Not sure you believe me? Let’s explore a little here:
- you want to lose weight? —> mindset matters big time
- job issues stressing you out? –> mindset can help you manage the issues
- parenting is hard isn’t it? –> mindset can change your way of parenting
- relationship issues? –> mindset helps you solve problems without anger
- single and can’t understand why? –> might just be your mindset
- dealing with an injury that creates painful living? –> mindset makes a difference in pain and your ability to manage it
- upheavals in life happen but can leave you feeling lost –> mindset helps you manage the stress
- want to start a business? –> mindset can make or break it
- trouble with money? –> mindset can help you change your relationship with money
You see where I’m going with this right? You have my point? Your mindset matters!
The truth is your thoughts create your life. Your mindset creates the thoughts; good or bad.
Here’s the good news!! You can choose and change your mind at any point, at any time to serve you better.
Now you know the truth. No escaping it now. You have to do the work, make the choice and stand up in your own life and to choose better.
Don’t get stuck in the idea that what you believed yesterday must be dragged into today. I mean you wouldn’t continue to sit on a chair that was broken right? Or read a book with half the pages missing? It just doesn’t work. SO, get rid of the chair, book and that yuck mindset and order up a new one.
I might take time to get comfortable in this new chair; just as it will take time for your new mindset to become your familiar default. You may need to do some adjusting until it feels just right for you, but you can do it. It is so worth it. (Contact me if you want some help getting started)
This is where affirmations can work so beautifully. They help us replace that old yuck mindset with one that works for us. I have been working with affirmations for a long time now and I’ll be honest I wasn’t sold on them at first. It seemed a little out there (science agrees it works) or even too easy (it’s not). I can tell you this…it works.
When you change what you believe, then your actions change as well. This is where you start building a life you love.
Today’s affirmation: I am open and ready to receive all the good and abundance the Universe has to offer.
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i agree with your Bonnie
thanks for the post
Here’s my favorite part of the this post, Bonnie — “You can choose and change your mind at any point, at any time to serve you better.” That’s the best part about having a mindset, I think. Whenever we become aware that it isn’t beneficially serving us, we can always makes some minor tweets or major changes to correct it. I have found being more mindful of what I’m putting into my mind has helped me tremendously. There are things I scan right past that I don’t even watch, read, or allow into my mind. Whatever we allow in our minds is planting a seed there, and like any seed that’s planted, those seeds will grow.
There is a fertile ground between the ears. What you plant and grow in that soil affects your outward manifestation. As it is within, so it is without. As a man thinketh. Make up your mind…
You said it Roberta. Our thoughts really do create the life we end up living and what we choose to do with it. Make up your mind is right on!
I’m not really sold on affirmations, but I try to dispel the negative thoughts, and I’m trying to just unload the negative influences that have surrounded me. It’s tough when you owe a lot of school loans and little to no work..but I try.
Hi Stuart.
Affirmations aren’t anything you don’t do every single day already. Really! The trick is to choose what you are affirming.
I wrote a post about it a while back https://myrivendell.wordpress.com/2011/07/23/affirm-in-the-postitive/
Every moment you are thinking you are affirming your belief system.
I really hope things turn around for you. I know all about student loans and how painful those can be.
You can even change your mindset about using affirmations. Many don’t believe in them; however, if you repeat positive and short phrases that are specifically for YOUR own benefit, positive results can occur. Do they bring money? Not necessarily. But what they do bring is a positive demeanor, making for more pleasant experiences or encounters that could lead to a money trail. Mindset indeed matters!
Hi Peggy! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
We all use affirmations all the time even if we don’t realize it. Affirming our beliefs happens everything we listen to our inner voice. It’s so sad that so many people continue to listen to a negative voice affirm who they are and what they think about themselves.
Affirmations do not bring money but changing how you think about yourself and opportinities sure can! It’s all so interconnected it’s easy to buy into the idea that affirmations or law of attraction or any of that is magic. It’s not…but it can feel that way lol
I think the trick is to have NO mindset- until you set your mind to achieve something. That way you are receptive to all ideas- until you discern which one is best for you- hone in upon it and use THAT mindset for focus.
If we accept the idea that mindset is how you think about the world do you really think it is possible to not have preconceived ideas about things and success? Staying as open as possible of course is ideal.