What can I do now to change the result I’m not happy with?
What is my life going toВ be like inВ 2,5,10,30,50В years?
Did IВ hurt anyone today? Did IВ make anyone happy?
Did IВ help anyone today?
What was my self-esteem like today?
Did IВ do anything good for myself today?
What makes me special?
Would IВ want toВ have aВ friend like myself?
Do IВ make decisions independently?
What thoughts have crossed my mind today?
Do IВ approve ofВ myself?
Take your time to think over and write down the answers. Nothing compares to work on self-improvement. It’s so essential that you take charge of your thoughts!
Your thoughts and words possess great power. Mind what you think andВ say.
We do learn to write and speak correctly at school, it is a part of compulsory curriculum, but that’s not what I mean. Unfortunately, there’s no such class as “The Power of Thoughts and Words”. What could it be about? It could help you to master your mighty mind.
Everything you say represents your thoughts, even if it’s just a small phrase.
Take a look at the greenery around us: it’s endless! Let’s walk along the picturesque ivy-wreathed archway. Ivy clings to the walls, fences and trunks of trees using its strong creeping roots. This plant is known to struggle for its own life so hard that it can destroy the weaker plants around it. It won’t give up. There’s no such notion as self-destruction for an ivy. It’s all different when it comes to people! We destroy ourselves in so many ways! Destructive thoughts, words, deeds lead to pain, desperation, envy, hatred and even illnesses! People prefer to think, see and hear only what they prefer.
My dear child, listen carefully toВ everything you say. Say only good words talking only about good things. This way your life is sure toВ be filled only with happy events. Your words express your attitude towards life, the world you live inВ and people around you. But they can also tell aВ lot about yourself! Think before you say something. Learn toВ use the power ofВ words wisely.
If you’ve got a little time before going to bed, then I recommend you devote it to your thoughts. You can change your whole life in just one night.
Adopt the new way ofВ thinking about your future achievements.
Tune your mind inВ toВ success.
Pay no attention toВ what people say about it. Let them think what they like, set yourself free ofВ any expectations. It would be wonderful toВ show them how powerful every mind is, byВ setting your own example. Use positive thinking and demonstrate your positive attitude!
Failures and mistakes exist only in your mind. So change it! Always try to find new opportunities dealing with every obstacle. That’s how you learn and gain positive life experience.
You can’t become healthy believing you’re sick. You need to start thinking “healthy” thoughts, then you are sure to get well easily and quickly.
What could possibly give more power to your thoughts? Your emotions! I suppose you’ve seen people act when led by emotions: dying of shame, flushing with anger, miserable in grief or beaming with happiness and love.
Positive thoughts and emotions produce great results. Your thoughts have toВ correspond toВ your words and deeds inВ order toВ make your seeds ofВ thought grow into big, strong trees. You need toВ put all your positive emotions inВ thinking about your goal. Imagine what it would be like if all your dreams came true.
If you are sick, sow aВ seed ofВ health and picture yourself inВ ten years absolutely healthy, riding aВ bike with your friends, for instance. Try toВ evoke all the happy emotions you can associate getting well with: laugh, rejoice, squeal with excitement! Try toВ feel healthy and happy aboutВ it.
Sow aВ seed ofВ friendship and love, if you had aВ fight with someone you care about. Imagine yourself hugging your friend or someone you love. Feel all the love you have got towards this person!
That’s how it works!
I hope now you’ll try to think of only good things like health, happiness, support, comfort, help, friendship and love, won’t you?
But what are you going to do with all the negative thoughts? Seems like it’s impossible to cast them away, they always come back. I want to give you some advice on dealing with them.
Advice #1. Do only good things
Think ofВ all the good stuff you can do for other people, for animals, for nature and the whole world around you. AВ whole lot ofВ them! You can start with something small as every small thing matters, remember.
Try to think positive and do something good every single day, it’s not that hard. You only gain by making someone’s life happier. Even a kind word makes so much difference! You do remember the great power of words, don’t you? Start with your family. Do you hug them a lot? Do you take good care of them or thank them for taking care of you? Do you ever smile to them and say how much you love them? Do it! Make a cup of tea for your mom, smile to a crying child, call your friend and ask how he’s doing. Helping others is so easy!
People hurt others because they feel unhappy. They often lack love and joy. Life is already full ofВ tough moments and hardships, why complicate it? Be the light that leads the way and gives comfort.
Don’t be demanding, don’t expect anything from anyone. Be ready to be the first one to share, to help. This way you become much happier, within and without.
Once upon aВ time an old sage revealed one ofВ the main laws ofВ life toВ hisВ son.
“There’s a struggle going on within every person which is similar to two wolves fighting,” said the old man, “The first wolf represents evil: jealousy, regret, egotism, ambitions, lies, hatred, anger, fear, irritation, laziness. The second wolf stands for peace, love, hope, truth, faith, joy, friendship, happiness, sincerity.”
His little son was deeply moved by his father’s words.
“Which wolf wins in the end?” the boy asked.
The old man smiled and said, “It’s always the one you feed.”
You need toВ form your own attitude towards everything around you. Which wolf are you going toВ feed? What seeds are you going toВ sow and then reap laterВ on?
Advice #2. Don’t harm yourself
All your evil thoughts and deeds harm you more than anyone else, remember!
They leave deep imprints on your mind. They are toВ blame for all your misfortunes. Thoughts are incipient actions.
You’ll gain control over your own thoughts, if you keep in mind this simple rule. Why would you want to act against yourself?
InВ case ofВ doubt, take your time, count toВ three, relax. Then make your decision andВ act.
This piece of advice is especially helpful if you are under pressure, being criticized or offended. Don’t behave like the one who insults you. Don’t show any aggression, because it is a seed of anger. Everyone has to deal with his own aggression or violence and all the consequences eventually. So take it easy. Listen and count to three. The best remedy is… gratitude, believe it or not!
When aВ situation like this unfolds, keep inВ mind, that the one who is trying toВ hurt you is thus planting his own garden. It seems aВ trifle, but moments like this determine our future! AВ seed ofВ aggression can grow into aВ huge tree ofВ offence and criticism.
Once aВ man found himself inВ heaven. He noted that all the people wandering about seemed kind, happy and joyful. He liked what heВ saw.
“May I have a look at hell, too?” he asked the angel.
“Ok, follow me.”
As they arrived, the man noticed that hell looked exactly the same as heaven did, except, people seemed angry, irritated, unhappy.
“But it looks exactly like heaven! Why is everyone so glum and upset?” he asked.
“Because they all think heaven is better,” replied the angel.
Make sure to appreciate what you’ve got, don’t crave for something you haven’t.
Advice #3. Make up your mind toВ always do good things, say only good words and think only positive
Of course, it’s easier said than done.
But anger and bad temper are usually useless inВ achieving goals. On the contrary, they distract and cause stress.
Bad things happen anyway, such is life. They evoke hatred and cause pain, sadness, disappointment. They make us say awful things and behave the way we later regret. We don’t like the people we become in such situations, do we?
Everyone is different. We don’t feel the same way about common notions, such as good and evil, right and wrong, mine and yours, sympathy and antipathy. Each of us possesses a unique inner world. Let no one influence your own.
Believe in the power of your mind and words. Don’t mix up someone’s ideas and notions with your own. Don’t try to follow anyone’s tastes. Be the master of your own mind. It doesn’t mean you’ve got to promote your opinion and make everyone share your ideas. Of course, you might meet like-minded people, who hold the same views. Those who don’t are of no importance to you.
There’s one more important thing I want to share. If you do something bad, and it bothers you, use an “antidote”: do something good to make up for it. But it works only if your intentions are truly kind and sincere. The impact of your positive action has to match, in degree, the bad one you’ve committed. You have to compensate in order to protect yourself from the destructive influence of your mistake, do you get it?
If you don’t regret what you’ve done and it doesn’t bother you, then so be it.
If you make aВ mistake, you correctВ it.
If you do something wrong and feel fine about it, then let itВ be.
If you’re not sure about how any deed makes you feel, then ask your heart, it never lies. Or you could also ask someone you trust.
It’s your life and your own lessons to learn.
It’s going to be your unique experience of the world and of yourself to gain.
Two friends once met. They used to fight and argue all the time. This time the elder friend hit the younger. The younger one took offence and left. “Today I lost my friend forever,” he wrote down in his notebook that day.
The elder friend couldn’t do without his younger pal, he was sorry and asked for forgiveness. They went swimming to the pond nearby together. The younger boy started drowning while diving, he was not a good swimmer. His friend saved him. When the poor lad felt better, he came back to the pond and carved in the rock, “My friend saved my life!”
“Why haven’t you put these words down in your notebook?” asked the elder friend.
“It’s simple. I make a note only if someone hurts me. But I make a carving if I am grateful. Notes won’t live forever, they can be easily burnt, too. But it’s not the same for stone carving! Many people see it, so do I. And every time I see it, I feel grateful to you once again.”
Good thoughts make your life happy, while bad thoughts turn you miserable.
It’s up to you to cut out bad thoughts, and live on happily with only good thoughts, deeds and words.
It’s time for you to learn the power of thoughts you hold!
Scientists unanimously insist that our thoughts possess energy. This energy can be perceived physically byВ most sensitive people. So, that means our thought is some sort ofВ physical matter. Everything consists ofВ energy, so do our thoughts! The power ofВ thoughts is capable ofВ changing our lives
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