Change your thoughts.......live in your power

Hey Everyone. Yesterday didn’t turn out as bad as I expected. It became a sunny, beautiful day. I hope you all had the opportunity to feel some peace and enjoy the day.

Yesterday I was speaking with a woman who is facing a dilemma. She is living in a situation that is in contrast to where she would like to be. The problem is having deal with a person whom she does not meet eye to eye with. Consequently, they are at odds and she has no choice but to conform and bear it. Which leads me to my topic.

I truly feel that in order to feel joyous and let go of issues that you have no control over, you must, as our mothers always said, choose your battles. For many of us, this is very difficult as our first impulse is to defend ourselves. But as many of you know, this is not always conducive to a peaceful existence.

So how do we deal with situations such as these, without losing our cool and our peace of mind? Well, knowing the situation this woman is in, I gave her some suggestions that I thought would help her pull herself out of the moment without having to react. I suggested that when she starts to feel out of control, that she say one phrase in her mind that would pull her out of the situation mentally. We all do this from time to time, but how beneficial is this when you are letting your mind enter “rumble mode.” You all know what “rumble mode” is. It’s when something happens and you start to play out the situation in your head. You write a whole script in your mind about what has, can and will happen before it even occurs. The only place this thinking will lead you is into being powerless.

Finding your “Power Within” is closer than you think. When you can change your thinking on a dime, you have great power. Because isn’t it really how we think that leads us to how we feel? Isn’t it true that when we are in a “good mood” things just don’t bother us as much? Can you truly say that your little devil isn’t speaking to you most of the time? Evict that little devil, change your thoughts with positive intentions and you choose how your day will turn out. Nine times out of ten this works. I say 9 out of 10 because, face it, we are human and we are not perfect.

My intention for you today is to pay attention to how your thoughts lead you into negative space. Are you changing your thought so that you can feel empowered? Or are you intentionally writing a script that ends with you feeling awful?

And always remember, we are in this together!