"Choosing to live your life in joy is a revolutionary decision. The mind, however, is a stubborn old machine. All those synapses doing one dance for so long are now being asked to learn another. Daily practice is the key to retraining these connections, and it can be done. A meta-decision helps--to live your life in joy. Then the small forgettings, the automatic return to negative thought patterns become gentle modifications you make along the way.
It's time to try this out seriously. Thinking about it, agreeing with it intellectually, keeps you stepping in place. The way to persuade your head that life can be lived in joy is to practice, practice, practice. Join the Olympics of the Spirit, where everyone gets the gold."
~M.Kennedy
Thank you for your post. I am constantly fighting this battle, focusing only on negative factors while ignoring all that God has blessed me with. I am overrun with negative thoughts, leaving no room for the positive. As a result, my worst case scenarios habitually manifest in my life. Now it is time for me to change. It is not easy, for dread will not release me without a fight.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!
Thank you for your comment La Fleur!
ReplyDeleteAnd congratulations on your decision to change! As you made that decision, the universe conspired to help you with it! And as you keep reminding yourself, it will become easier and easier. That's how it's been for me :)
The hardest thing to "it" is the decision to do "it" (whatever "it" may be). So you have already done the hardest part! Rock on!
Love & Light to you, dear one ~