Affirmations - Why Yours Need To Be Supercharged - Part 2

In Part 1 of this article we discussed why most affirmations end up on your desk gathering dust or in the waste basket. It stands to reason that what you put your attention on most of the time is what you will get. That's the main theme of the Law of Attraction as made widely known in the Secret. So, this makes a lot of sense and we get excited and write a long laundry list of affirmations about what we want to see happen in our lives. I know I did. I wanted to lose weight, I wanted to get along better with my kids, I wanted to grow my business exponentially, so I wrote all that down and started to write them and repeat them every single day. For a few days, maybe even a week and then my subconscious would start feeding me every reason in the book why I should stop this foolishness right now. We also learned that the reasons for this were two fold

1. Because we don't really Believe what we are telling ourselves in our affirmations, our subconscious fights back and change doesn't happen instantly, so before the affirmations have a chance to stick, we give up on them. This was covered in Part 1, and

2. We don't know how to pull ourselves out of the downward spiral of negativity caused by the day to day stuff and start thinking good thoughts in real time - like right NOW, so we stop the affirmations.

It's a hard thing, sometimes a really hard thing to turn around negativity in real time. I used to have a saying back before I learned better, and that was - "I've earned this depression and I'm going to wallow in it for awhile." What a ridiculously negative thing to say, but I said it a million times. But the Law of Attraction teaches us that what we think about the most is what we attract into our lives. If you are thinking negative thoughts all the time, stuff to give you more negative thoughts is sure to come your way.

On the other hand, your true desires will come to you faster if you can focus on them with emotion and feeling. So it would stand to reason that you need to be able to recognize when you are not focusing with good emotion and feeling and be able to turn it around at the drop of a hat, if you truly want to materialize your desired outcome, doesn't it?

A lot of the Law of Attraction teachers stress that you need to CHANGE the way you think. Easier said than done. They recommend affirmations - we've already been down that road - or great books to read, or meditations (which I love) but it's not always convenient to find quiet space and time RIGHT NOW when you need them. All of these are great long term strategies, but it's rare to be in the middle of a crisis and be able to meditate or read a book.

Wouldn't it make sense to have a tool that could help us to change our negative thoughts right here and now in the moment that we realize that we are letting the circumstances of life dictate how we feel? A tool that is right there, waiting for you to grab onto it without having to think about it. It should be just like reaching out and flipping a switch on and off. That's what is really needed.

That seems impossible to most people, because they are so used to floundering in the tailspin that the idea of changing their thoughts in an instant seems crazy. But my suggestion is that you put in some thought, today, right now about how you might handle the next crisis you come up against. Do you want to let it take you down that well worn path to the pit, or do you want to grab onto something and say "NO, NOT THIS TIME, NOT EVER AGAIN!!!" Make a plan, get something stuck in your head, plant a switch there so that the next time you recognize that - "Oh geez, here we go again" - you remember that you have a tool. You need to have something that you don't even really have to think about to use, it just goes on autopilot. Maybe a chant or a little jingle or something that your 'Belief Detective' won't recognize as an affirmation. You don't have to believe the words, it's just a little song.

So don't wait until you are down and out to think about what you will use as your secret weapon. Be prepared so that the next time you get that invitation to the Pity Party, you can confidently say NO WAY - I'm not going there this time.

About The Author:

Debbie Thomas brings you AttitudeZapz! Affirmation Jingles. These short, catchy jingles with affirmations built right in will stick in your head and help you stay motivated on the path to achieving all your dreams.

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