by Linda-Ann Stewart
My friend Lily read lots of self-help books, listened to motivational CD?s and went to personal development workshops and then complained that her life didn?t improve. When I asked her if she?d practiced any of the exercises in the books or CD?s or workshops. ?No,? she said. ?That?s too much trouble.?
To change, you need to participate and use the tools you?ve found. It?s easy to fall back into old habits. They?re familiar and comfortable, but they won?t provide you with a new direction. They won?t improve your life. There?s an old saying, ?If you always do what you?ve always done, you?ll always get what you?ve always got.?
Negative thinking is simply a habit. People aren?t born to be pessimists, they learn to be that way. It can be changed with time, attention, and energy. One of the complaints of negative people is that it takes effort to be positive. It always takes work to change a habit, no matter what that habit might be.
Are you going to continue to float along with your old ways of thinking and doing things? If so, your life isn?t going to improve much. What are you willing to do to make it different? Think of one thing that you could start doing, and then commit to practice it every day. It could be meditating, self-hypnosis, being mindful, an affirmation, journaling or one of any number of other techniques and exercises that you?ve found over the years.
By choosing to make one small, consistent difference in the course of your life, you?ll begin to break up the inertia that?s gripped you. Each day that you follow through with your choice will take you in a new direction. You have the power to change your life. You just need to work it.
Affirmation
I have the ability to change my life. All the power of the Universe is available to me to create new ways of thinking and new beliefs. I now decide to use the tools that I?ve been given to create new habits that are more beneficial for me. My life will only improve if I choose to change it. I take charge of my life and commit myself to my well being.
Copyright 2012 Linda Ann Stewart
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Source: http://self-improvementtools.com/2012/10/15/make-the-effort-to-change-part-2/
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