Day 5 of 100 Days of Positive!

Direct your thoughts.

Day 5: This technique, used by psychotherapists,control your thoughts when you start to feel down or anxious. Create a happy thought, a positive image, or give yourself positive feedback to keep bad feelings in check.

When you have certain people or places that make you feel like you are going to loose control of your positive thinking, we must do something to keep ourselves from drowning in a sea of panic. For instance you are stuck in a time when you have not yet reached your goals...continue to think about those goals and what it will be like when you finally DO get there. Imagine that house, car, boat, store...whatever it may be and picture your family IN it!

I think everyone has heard that when you get nervous in front of a crowd, imagine them all naked and in neon green socks (or whatever color). But the point is, that we have got to rely on ourselves to stay positive! Positive feedback is a good way to look at things...Sing “Anything you can do I can do betteeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr”! This is so!

I have a good friend that is always so positive about everything she does. She has had her ups and downs and turns them BOTH into a success. She is the queen of happy thoughts and positive images, and not to mention keeping bad feelings in check. She says So what! You had a moment. Its over go learn from it. This is the truth and all too many times we want to sugar coat it and have someone pat us on the back and say it will all be ok...get up, dry the tears and let's go! Life is not going to get up and just happen...It will however happen without you!

So my trick is...When someone or something makes me feel out of check I say ok is this person, place or thing bigger than God? NO! You are not so you have no control or POWER over me.

Today don't let people get to you. Remember they are human too. Bosses, Exes, kids, parents, students, teachers, the store clerk! Maybe they are having a bad day.

Claude M. Bristol ~
Every person is the creation of himself, the image of his own thinking and believing. As individuals think and believe, so they are.

Love,

Asia