You may be wondering and asking this question, 'why?"
The reason why I started this mind game called, "what if", was because of my negative mindset. For years, I have always thought of myself as:
I am not good enough.
I am not smart enough.
I am not able to.
I can't be successful.
I can't do this because I am disabled.
I can't be wealthy because I am not as educated or have that certain degree under my belt.
And the list goes on and on.
I am sure you all have those types of thoughts on your mind. How does it feel when you have those thoughts? It sure doesn't feel good! Do those thoughts benefit you? Do these thoughts help you? Can they help you? What if we can change those thoughts into positive affirmations or intentions. What if these thoughts can allow us to reexamine ourselves and turn them into inspired actions for us to solve them?
What's amazed me about this mindset game was that I have learned to change my own mindset. It doesn't matter what opinions others may have given to me or what society believes in. I don't focus on the news, the media, or people in general. I tend to focus more on how to improve myself and provide services that can help solve problems. The more I challenged myself to change my mindset and learned to focus on positive thoughts and intentions, the more I love who I am as I continue to improve my inner me.
So let me give you an example. Recently I was looking at my blog site and I told myself, I am going to write something that can uplift people who needed it but then I questioned myself with a negative mindset. I began to feel irritated, upset, discouraged, and many other feelings developed from that mindset. I started to realized that I have to take full responsibility for my own mind, emotion, and spirit. It's my responsibility to create a positive mindset, happy feelings, and grateful spirit. I will you this, it does not happen overnight. It is a process of filtering out the bad junk out of our minds and bringing in the good thoughts. Once I find the cause of my unswerving negative mindset, I immediately forgave myself for allowing that to happen. It's my fault! I am the one that made the choice to keep that negative programming in my own mind!
Here is one of the suggestions: Write them down. Write what triggered the negative thoughts in your mind and I must warn you, they won't feel good but you got to feel it in order to turn that feeling into a peaceful feeling. Since we were born, we have been fed all kinds of information that can either help or destroy us. One of the biggest problems I see as a former pastor was that no one taught us how to filter them out. Imagine if we all can filter the negative junk that doesn't serve us and bring in the positive thoughts that can bring joy, happiness, courage, increase our faith, and love ourselves more every day. Again, write down the negative things about yourself and then read it. Ask yourself this Do I believe that? Does it serve me? How does it help me? Does this make me feel good? Why am I thinking that way? What causes me to think that way? How will it affect my mind, emotion, and health? As you know, one of the main causes of any type of disease is STRESS.
Notice this word, "DISEASE". Separate them into 2 syllabi, (DIS)(EASE). According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of the word, "dis" is "do the opposite of" and "ease" is "freedom from pain or discomfort". Put those two words together and you will have the opposite to have the freedom from pain and discomfort! The Mind itself can create disease into our body, emotion, and spirit! Wow! This is mindboggling! Who knew about this? If anyone knew about this, I wish they told me this when i was younger! Now look at this word, "stress", it means "a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a factor in disease causation".
Now let's go back to the WHAT IF game. What is one thing that is negative on your mind? It can be a financial problem, relationship, anything you can think of. Now write them down. Look at it and feel the discomfort. Remember to take full responsibility and owe the feeling. Now change the thought to what if to something positive. When you change the statement to a positive outcome in writing, you will start to feel good about it and learn the lesson. It will bring ideas, opportunities, deserving help, and things will turn around. Problems are there to be solved.
What's amazed me about this mindset game was that I have learned to change my own mindset. It doesn't matter what opinions others may have given to me or what society believes in. I don't focus on the news, the media, or people in general. I tend to focus more on how to improve myself and provide services that can help solve problems. The more I challenged myself to change my mindset and learned to focus on positive thoughts and intentions, the more I love who I am as I continue to improve my inner me.
So let me give you an example. Recently I was looking at my blog site and I told myself, I am going to write something that can uplift people who needed it but then I questioned myself with a negative mindset. I began to feel irritated, upset, discouraged, and many other feelings developed from that mindset. I started to realized that I have to take full responsibility for my own mind, emotion, and spirit. It's my responsibility to create a positive mindset, happy feelings, and grateful spirit. I will you this, it does not happen overnight. It is a process of filtering out the bad junk out of our minds and bringing in the good thoughts. Once I find the cause of my unswerving negative mindset, I immediately forgave myself for allowing that to happen. It's my fault! I am the one that made the choice to keep that negative programming in my own mind!
Here is one of the suggestions: Write them down. Write what triggered the negative thoughts in your mind and I must warn you, they won't feel good but you got to feel it in order to turn that feeling into a peaceful feeling. Since we were born, we have been fed all kinds of information that can either help or destroy us. One of the biggest problems I see as a former pastor was that no one taught us how to filter them out. Imagine if we all can filter the negative junk that doesn't serve us and bring in the positive thoughts that can bring joy, happiness, courage, increase our faith, and love ourselves more every day. Again, write down the negative things about yourself and then read it. Ask yourself this Do I believe that? Does it serve me? How does it help me? Does this make me feel good? Why am I thinking that way? What causes me to think that way? How will it affect my mind, emotion, and health? As you know, one of the main causes of any type of disease is STRESS.
Notice this word, "DISEASE". Separate them into 2 syllabi, (DIS)(EASE). According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of the word, "dis" is "do the opposite of" and "ease" is "freedom from pain or discomfort". Put those two words together and you will have the opposite to have the freedom from pain and discomfort! The Mind itself can create disease into our body, emotion, and spirit! Wow! This is mindboggling! Who knew about this? If anyone knew about this, I wish they told me this when i was younger! Now look at this word, "stress", it means "a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a factor in disease causation".
Now let's go back to the WHAT IF game. What is one thing that is negative on your mind? It can be a financial problem, relationship, anything you can think of. Now write them down. Look at it and feel the discomfort. Remember to take full responsibility and owe the feeling. Now change the thought to what if to something positive. When you change the statement to a positive outcome in writing, you will start to feel good about it and learn the lesson. It will bring ideas, opportunities, deserving help, and things will turn around. Problems are there to be solved.
No matter what, don't be afraid to ask for help. Look around and you will see numerous of opportunities that can turn every problem into blessings. What you need to do, including myself, is trust in yourself and the process. Have faith, be happy, smile more, and enjoy life.
Do this and see your life transform as you improve your mind, your soul, and your spirit. Love yourself, believe in the Higher Power, and enjoy LIFE!
Remember to Smile more and keep the faith! Trust yourself!
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