What is in the power of self affirmations? Affirmations are statements that help lead to encouragement and motivational support. The gag is that not all affirmations are positive.
Example 1
I am beautiful – Positive affirmation
Example 2
I am ugly – Negative affirmation
We often affirm ourselves, either negatively or positively everyday. Most of the time we’re completely unaware that we’re doing it. Sometimes it’s mental, and sometimes it’s verbal. Thousands of thoughts pass through our minds everyday, but are you paying attention to how those thoughts actively affect your life?
Have you ever wondered to yourself, “Why do bad things always happen to me?” Or, ” I have bad luck!” and ” I just can’t get ahead in life!”? Those my dear, are affirmations. They aren’t positive and they set you up for failure.
In a previous post, I wrote about speaking positive things into the universe, and receiving positivity back in return. Whether you realize it or not, positivity in the form of affirmations has a powerful impact on our lives.
Today, I looked through my personal Twitter that I’ve had for a while but have not used in recent years.
Firstly, reading old tweets of my younger self made me cringe. I realized how corny, immature, yet wise I was for my age.
Secondly, it made me realize that the fundamentals of my personality remained the same.
Thirdly, I noticed that all the positivity, hopes, dreams and goals I had posted came to fruition. ” I just wanna go to the Bahamas n chill…I’m gonna do it soon…maybe in June.” A few years later I was in the Bahamas chillin’. I didn’t go in June though. Darn.
Was I thinking of that post I wrote as I had booked my ticket? Nope. That post was written shortly before separating from my then husband. I was a stay at home mom knowing I was headed for divorce, and had no idea how I would get to the Bahamas. I just kept my faith and threw it into the universe, and the universe fulfilled my desires.
There’s power in the tongue. I’m no preacher, so that’s as far as I’ll go with that.
You may be wondering how can you be positive if you’re going through *insert trauma here*? That’s a negative affirmation in itself. Change your thoughts!
So your car won’t start? BooHoo! You’re getting it fixed, and your day is going to CONTINUE being a great day! Oh! It costs $5,000?! Guess what? You may have no idea where that $5,000 is coming from but you know that your car is either getting fixed or you’re buying a new one! Somehow, somewhere! Speak it into existence!
Throwback to 2005. I worked at a horrible place, that shall not be named. Basically, the big guys came in and said everyone looked miserable, and that we all needed to smile more.
Smile at what? The air? We had no customers in the building. They began to impose their Napoleon complex by stating that if no one smiled, they’d be sent home. Well some girl called their bluff and got sent home. So guess what I started doing? 🙂
Man, I don’t think I had ever smiled so much in my life! My day was going horribly. They came in, and made it worse…or so I thought.
Ultimately, I kept it going with the fake corporate America smile, and laughter, and noticed people responding positively to my positivity. Subconsciously, I began having a good day. Can you believe that? You can trick yourself into having a good day? My mind was blown. I literally tricked myself into happiness, wtf. No, I’m not crazy, I promise.
Your mind can’t differentiate between what’s real and what’s not. Did you cry when Mufasa died? Point proven. Moving on.
This isn’t lying to yourself. This is believing in yourself. Believing in your abilities to impose greatness into your life.
As always, start small. A simple ” I am happy” will do for day one. Then a ” I choose to be happy” for day two. Maybe a ” I trust in myself” for day three and so on. You are what you eat, and your soul gets hungry. Feed it.
If you need some guidance on your self affirmation journey, try using an affirmation journal to help keep you focused.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Norman Vincent Peale