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Without further ado...
1. Wake up and recite 10 things you are grateful for.
A lot of times we merely forget to be grateful. The hustle
and bustle of life gets us caught up in everything that needs to be done or
what we want to get done; we simply go through the motions taking for granted everything
that enables us to do those things.
Starting off every morning with a grateful attitude is a
surefire way to have a great day. It will open doors for you that otherwise would
remain on lock. When you walk around with a piss poor attitude,
complaining about what you wish you had but don’t, how horrible your boss is,
how bratty your kids are, how inconsiderate your husband is, how crappy the
weather is, what a POS car you have, how high the gas prices are, what little
money you have, etc. you feel defeated so that’s exactly what you will be.
Flip that daggum Debbie downer attitude right on its
head! Do a complete 180 and start exclusively
saying what you are grateful for. Sound hard? It’s actually not that hard IF
you start your day off with a positive, grateful attitude. The positivity will
flow much more naturally.
We can be grateful about the smallest things to even the greatest things. When’s the last time you stopped and thanked God for being able to walk or breathe without difficulty. Maybe you can’t walk or breathe without difficulty but you can talk, smile and enjoy a hot cup of coffee in the wee hours of the morning. You can read a good book or catch a great flick. Whatever it is that you enjoy or are blessed with, you can choose to be grateful and it helps to say it out loud. You can even write it down.
2. Speak out loud everyday what you want. Pause and pretend you already have it.
Okay, so if someone walks in on you and you’re talking to yourself there may be a small, awkward moment there but hey, we all talk to ourselves sometimes. Right? RIGHT?? Is anyone listening? Crap. Is this one of those moments? J But no, seriously, there is POWER in the tongue. Someone much wiser than me once said, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” Yep, that’s a scripture out of Proverbs. That book is full of goodies!
It’s so true though. You can speak death and life
with the power of your words. You can speak death or life over your finances, your
marriage, your children’s attitudes and so on. You can literally even speak
death over someone physically. How many people do you know or have you heard
of that committed suicide because they were ridiculed for being gay, fat, ugly,
different, or whatever it is that people choose to be cruel about. Ridiculing
people is a form of speaking death over them? Even if it’s only speaking death
over their self-esteem, it’s still death. Ick! Stop that!
Alright, let me get back to the topic at hand. After you recite your daily gratitude, say out loud what you
want. You can even call up a friend and discuss the things you want in life. Don’t bother talking about what you don’t want because then you’d be focusing on that and
getting more of it. Say: I want to be financially secure. Pause, pretend you
are, and let the feeling of being financially secure set in. Feel the security,
comfort, whatever it is that feels positive. Then move on and say the next
thing. I want a happy, connected relationship with my partner…yada yada. Do
this for as many things as you want and for as long as you want or have time
for.
Pay attention to what you feel down deep when you say what you want. It is important because these feelings will reveal the real you. When you say, I want a brand new, big house, how do you feel when you say it? Do you feel blessed, fortunate, comfortable, and lavish? Or do you feel greedy, materialistic, selfish, and petty? If you feel the first feelings, you are in sync with what you value and that is totally fine. If you feel the second list of feelings, it's time to ask yourself why you feel that way. Perhaps you don't really value a big, fancy house but you have let society pressure you into thinking you need that to be successful.
Whatever it might be, you will get whatever you want so long as your desires line up with what you truly value in your core. When your fantasies line up with your values, it gives you the ultimate “good feeling”. You'll know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are on the right path.
__________________________________________________________________________Pay attention to what you feel down deep when you say what you want. It is important because these feelings will reveal the real you. When you say, I want a brand new, big house, how do you feel when you say it? Do you feel blessed, fortunate, comfortable, and lavish? Or do you feel greedy, materialistic, selfish, and petty? If you feel the first feelings, you are in sync with what you value and that is totally fine. If you feel the second list of feelings, it's time to ask yourself why you feel that way. Perhaps you don't really value a big, fancy house but you have let society pressure you into thinking you need that to be successful.
Whatever it might be, you will get whatever you want so long as your desires line up with what you truly value in your core. When your fantasies line up with your values, it gives you the ultimate “good feeling”. You'll know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are on the right path.
Put these two tips into practice for a few days and notice the difference in your attitude. Stay tuned for the next two steps coming at you in about a week!
Get what you want,
In the words of a mother
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