I read something recently about starting the day with a positive affirmation. So I decided to read up on it a bit to get some ideas about living a more optimistic life.
I believe that our thoughts can change our world (who said that? someone brilliant I'm sure). I don't believe we can have our way all the time ... so our thoughts help us deal with life situations that are before us.
"Positive affirmations are positive sentences repeated many times in order to impress the subconscious mind and trigger it into action."Examples:
- I can do it, I can do it...
- I am healthy and happy.
- I have a lot of energy.
- My mind is calm.
- I am calm and relaxed in every situation.
- My thoughts are under my control.
- I radiate love and happiness.
- I am surrounded by love.
- I have good and loving relations with my wife/husband.
- I have a wonderful satisfying job.
- Everything is getting better every day.
- I have the ability to handle this.
- I am a skillful and artistic person.
- I can show others a good example.
- I am responsible only for my own feelings.
- I love myself for who I am.
- I am able to handle any problem I face.
- My children will benefit from my healthy changes.
- My family will benefit from my relaxing more.
- There are beautiful things happening in my life daily.
- I experience the excitement of growth daily.
- I grow in love daily.
- I face each new day as a race to be won.
- I am winning in the race of life.
By Remez Sasson
WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT AFFIRMATIONS?
Affirmations can be used to destroy bad habits and create good ones.
Affirmations can help you get clear and stay focused.
Affirmations can help you speed up the progress on your goals.
Affirmations keep you balanced and calm.
Affirmations can help you live the life you want.
Affirmations can change your life.
Live your affirmations. You are your affirmations? You have to embody them - live them. And your affirmations have to reflect who you are, how you feel and what you believe.
By Jack Roberts
What do power affirmations have in common?
1) They're stated in the present tense.
2) They express a positive statement.
3) They're short and specific.
By Jeff Staniforth
Ok - so here are a few examples in my life of how thinking positively could change my world (don't grade me on my ability to write power affirmations here... it's the optimism that counts hopefully):
- I enjoy creating a clean environment where the Spirit can dwell. (instead of "uggg, I don't have energy to tidy, do dishes, laundry, etc")
- I am grateful to stay home with my children. (instead of "I'm bored because I have no adults to talk to.")
- Today I give with sincere love. (instead of "I am too tired to do anything else for my children.")
- I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful. (had to throw the What about Bob? quote in there).
- "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." Phil 4:13 (Instead of "Life is hard. I can't handle this whirlwind.")
Yes, I think this is good.
It would be an interesting exercise to search the scriptures for positive affirmations:
"I rejoice in the Lord greatly." Phil 4:10
It seems even stronger to include the Lord in our thoughts and positive affirmations. We can do more, feel more, be more with our Savior strengthening us.
yes, this is a good thing.
... and this concludes my forever long post about positive affirmations.
1 comment:
My dad is the king of positive mental attitude. And I have struggled with clinical depression and a variety of related disorders my entire life. It's been difficult to learn to bridge the two. Recently, I've been seeing a new therapist and have started to make more progress again. Change really does begin with our thoughts. I'm going to continue to work on this. I really appreciate this post. Thank you for taking the time to share what you learned. :)
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