Are you aware of how important your words and thoughts are?
We usually pay little attention to the selection of our words. However the meaning of words affects our lives.
When I was growing up no one taught me that my thoughts can shape my life. Nor did they teach me that life supports me.
As a child I was bullied by a pupil in school and I did what she said for an easy life. Not knowing how this victim thinking would affect me later in life. I gave in to each of her demands and soon after a maths teacher started bullying me. At that time I didn't know that beliefs could shape my life and I stopped believing in my capabilities and believed their outlook of me. That I was stupid, not good enough and unworthy.
I didn't realise how deep seated that pain would become.
Too often we accept early messages that we don't belong, we are invisible, we are not enough, or not worthy.
Self-talk becomes the basis of our spoken word and it attracts to us experiences. If we be-little ourselves, life is going to mean very little to us. If we are living an unfulfilled life, we can blame our parents or others.
How do we find our power in that? remember our power comes from taking responsibility.
The things we think are an extension of our words.
The key is to practice and continue to do your best to change your thinking.
Here are tools you can use to change your thinking:
- Be aware of your thoughts - release criticism and judgement
- Constantly forgive yourself for not being perfect
- Start building on trusting yourself
- Stop mistreating your inner child - be kind to the part of you that felt scared or hurt
- EFT Tapping daily - to release unhelpful thinking
- Stop binding yourself to the past - be willing to forgive and make your present word more important than your past word
- Stop gossiping
- Stop giving your attention to negativity - news, people etc
- Start saying affirmations in the mirror such as "I Love and Trust Myself".
Be willing to learn, to grow and change without seeing yourself as a bad person.
Continue doing the best that you can and be willing to change your thinking!
Love Jennifer
