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Using Daily Affirmations to Staying Motivated
Posted under Affirmations
When I was first advised to start using daily affirmations, I was as skeptical as most people would be. Positive affirmation seemed like a tool for the week, easily manipulated, and gullible. Who needs to chant affirmations to himself in order to build positive self esteem? I certainly didn’t ñ or so I thought. That was why I was so upset when my therapist recommended this positive self talk. I was going there because he was a reputable scientist. I knew that I had some deep-seated psychological problems that I needed to work out, and silly self programming routines just wouldn’t do the trick. As a matter of fact, I almost stopped coming to him after that. It is a good thing that I didn’t. I should have been more willing to listen to him ñ he knew what he was talking about.
You see sometimes things are difficult and sometimes they are easy. Seeing everything as complicated is not necessarily a sign of intelligence. Sometimes you have to start with deep-seated psychological issues, but other times you can simply start to change your attitude from the surface. This is what positive affirmations are all about. By saying a positive affirmation every time you feel stressed out and negative, you can quickly change habitual thought patterns into more functional ones. A positive affirmation can lift you out of of a momentary lapse into malaise or even a chronic state of depression. Although it is hard to get yourself to believe positive affirmations at first, when you repeat them often enough you will come to accept them completely. That is just how the mind works.
You see, just as negative thought patterns take over when they are repeatedly employed, positive thought patterns take over when they are forcibly introduced to the mind. That is what positive affirmation is all about. It is a way of forcing yourself to think positive thoughts. Once you start to think positively, you will live more positively. You will have a better sense of who you are and what your purpose is, and you will feel more relaxed and guided in your everyday life. Although one or two uses of positive affirmation won’t do very much for you, over weeks and months, you’ll feel your thoughts changing substantially. With every one of the positive self affirmations, you will feel a little bit less negative and a little bit less bleak. You will be less afraid to take action and to make the changes that you need to make in your life. From there, deeper changes can begin.