Thoughts That Count

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do yourself a favor and let go of anything that is making or has made you angry that you are keeping alive with thoughts. You are not doing yourself any good at all by harboring such a destructive negative emotion.

We are losing the quest for happiness when all we do is focus on who, what, or when that has caused us to become angry.

When we fuel this feeling of anger it is so detrimental to our well-being. We simply cannot feel good and be angry at the same time.

• If you are feeling like a victim let it go.
• If you are fighting about something let it go.
• If you are carrying a grudge let it go.

There are so many reasons you could be angry but there are so many more reasons not to be.

It is up to you how much baggage you want to carry around. Believe me when I tell you your beautiful spirit will be so happy when you decide to clear your mind and heart of anger and start enjoying a lighter more carefree life.

It is your choice but it is so important that you understand anger is chipping away at all you can be and certainly at the happiness you want to feel.

Many Blessing to All

Sue 

Are you stuck in a loop of yesterdays?

Life is moving forward are you? It is a shame if instead a person is stuck in a point of time that is behind them but they keep reliving it over and over as if they can do, be, or have it all again.

This takes such a toll on a person because there are no do overs even though through our thoughts, we try to make it so. In fact every time you revisit the past you have a tendency to make it larger than it really was.

• What if we give ourselves a break and stop going back in time?
• What if we let go of something that does not exist anymore and look at what does?
• What if we look how far we have come from that point and what we have accomplished?

We are giving away precious moments of today by living in the past. Life is so short and in order to live it to the fullest we can't keep looking back or we will stumble over today without appreciating what there is in our lives to see.

There may be hurt or anger or unhappiness that we keep alive in our hearts and mind that does not help us to live a happy life. I would ask you why you would want to dwell on any of those things for a prolonged period of time as they hurt your beautiful spirit and the fact that I am sure you are seeking happiness in the here and now.

I would challenge all of you to let go of anything from your past that is keeping unhappiness alive and well in your thoughts and feelings. It is not hard to do if you decide that it was a blip on your screen of life and you are no where near where you used to be at that time in your life.

Many Blessing to All 

Sue

Memory and the energy it brings.

Memories are one of the thought processes that are tricky at best.

Our memories are full of pictures of what was and how we use those pictures are so important not only to our energy but our general well-being also.

If we use them wisely we can think and feel the best case scenario possible and focus on the most positive past we can remember.

The past can be a treasure if we choose to look back and find the positive things that happened to us. There really are so many to choose from if we try to remember the good times.....the good places.....the good people.....the good things.

It is easy to look back and find what was wrong and as humans we tend to do this often.

• What if we took the time to really take a hard look at what was right instead of what was wrong?
• What if we focused on when in the past we were happy?

If we use our memories not so wisely we bring into our life a scenario that makes our lives a misery.

The past can haunt us if we use our memories to go back and see things only in a way that helps us remember the hurt or sadness or unhappiness we have lived through.

 If we allow it we can relive these negative times of our lives even blame our unhappiness today on those times if we choose to. But as you can see just by reading this the energy level drops to a very low point. We give life to something that is only a memory.......a time stamp if you will that can never happen again in the same way.

• What if we let go and let those unhappy memories become a nonstarter in our thoughts?
• What if we allow ourselves the opportunity to heal from anything in the past that still affects us just by not giving them attention?

It is up to us to choose where we want our energy to be focused. We can feel good about our lives if we choose to use our memories in a positive and upbeat way.

We can choose to not forget but to stop giving life to something that is behind us and is over. It is really a choice about living in the now in a way that brings light and love into our personal space.

It is about the choice to be vital with positive energy or to be negative and living in the past with unhappiness.

Many Blessings to All 

Sue

The negative effect of fear on your energy.

Fear is a negative faith. With fear the most negative thoughts and feelings become the foundation in which we navigate our life.

Fear can be a learned behavior that includes anxiety. If we have someone who has raised and nurtured us and their example was to be fearful and anxiety ridden then of course we follow along with that pattern it is human nature to do so.

If someone is telling us to be fearful of certain things in life and we follow along then fear takes the front seat of how we think and feel on certain subjects.

Fear can be all consuming and it is so detrimental to all that we are because as humans we are always looking for happiness and joy and peace for ourselves and fear is the exact opposite of all of those.

When we are fearful of anything our energy is almost nonexistent. We are frozen in a thought process that does not allow us to go forward and live a full life. 

• What if we decided to take a look at the fear we feel and ask questions about why we feel this way?
• What if we use the feelings of hope and faith to replace the fear we feel?
• What if we stop allowing anyone to encourage or instigate fear within us?

Our energy is so important. It helps us to for forward and live life in a way that is happy and productive. The more positive the energy the more we can accomplish. 

By understanding that fear is a state of mind that triggers thoughts and feelings which are negative then we can go on to thinking and feeling in a more positive way.

Many Blessings to All

Sue

Don't give your energy to someone else.

How often is your focus on another person and what they are doing or how they are living? How often are your thoughts on changing them to align with the way you think and feel? I am sure that you do not realize how much energy you are giving to someone else's life when in fact you could be using it for your own and helping yourself move forward in a more positive way.

Whether it is a personal relationship...... a family relationship ........ a working relationship or any other outside of yourself and your thoughts and feelings are centered on changing them or having them see life the way you do each day becomes a chore and I am sure that you can feel your energy draining away as you use your focus for someone else's life instead of your own.

When you are angry or disappointed or sad about someone else's way of thinking and living you are wasting this precious time of life when you should be concentrating on who you are and what you want in a more positive way.

• What if you decided to let it go and focus on a more positive outlook for yourself without any other person influencing your thoughts and feelings?

By letting go of negative thoughts about any other person you then clear your mind to use thoughts about yourself and what you want for your own life.

Don't allow anyone else to have your energy......use it for yourself for your greater good. Everything will work out beautifully for you as relationships evolve just by you letting go.

Many Blessings to All

Sue

Lifting your spirit by choosing your thoughts wisely.

The human condition seems to be the center of most conversations now everywhere you listen ........ look..... or read. The thing is everyone seems to be guided what to think by others about the human race and where it is headed. 

• What if we all chose to make a difference by not plugging into all of the chaos created by others and just believe in the goodness ...... kindness..... and compassion of most people in the world. 

It is amazing that all that bad it highlighted while the good that most people do is shadowed by that.

• What if we all chose one by one to make the world a better place by showing kindness to each other. Believe it or not a simple smile can make someone else feel better.

It is really up to all of us to make a change for the better so that change all over the world can take place. If we are angry and upset all of the time about the state of everything that energy becomes almost tangible and that makes it powerful. Why are we letting a handful of people tell us that to think and feel? Why are we following the anger and hatefulness that does not make a comfortable state of being?

• What if we took our personal space back and started to feel better about everything just by being kinder and more compassionate towards each other?

We look to others always whether they are leaders or clergy or anyone who has a distinct voice to tell us what is going on and how to think about it. It is time now to just question why we are following instead of making up our own minds and creating a world we want to live in which means we all have to change our attitude about following and become free thinkers who use their energy for not only our own greater good but the greater good of the world.

You may think you are only one person but when one person starts thinking about how great the world would be if we all let go of anger and hatred and we decide to live lives that matter just by getting along and caring for one another there would be a change like no other and the world would be a better place to live.

Use your own thoughts to create your own energy for the better. Your energy combined with others in the quest to be your own person in a content and happy way is truly the beginning of something great.

Many Blessing to All

Sue

Where is your energy today?

• What if you start the week with your thoughts and feelings bringing your energy level where you are ready to have a positive week?
• What if you thought about how you treated the idea of problems.

 Everyone believes they have them whether large or small. It always seems to be the habit to focus on what is wrong.......what brings us down.......what is overwhelming. If we start our week this way it opens the door to negativity which in turn brings our energy level way down and makes our daily life unhappy.

• What if you started to focus on a solution instead of the problem? Trying to find options is so much better than worrying and being upset.

Once you start to think about solutions you will be surprised at how they sort of line up one after the other once you open that thought process.

Clear your mind completely of any stress or worry and really think about how everything will work out if done one way or the other. I am sure there will be several ways to look at it once you have taken charge of your thoughts.

Let your emotions help you with this also. When you think of a solution you feel so much better which shows you that this is definitely the direction you need to go.

Remember too all of the times things have worked out for you in the past. You will be surprised once you think about it how many times all was taken care of.

Bring your energy level up knowing that you are working to bring yourself the positive outcomes you deserve.

Remember this is for your well-being and your greater good.

Many Blessings to All

Sue 

How are you using your energy?

 

We are all full of energy ……..or not. It all depends on where we allow our thoughts to wander. Thinking about anything has an energy meter if you will and you know when you are in tune with the positive or attached to the negative just by the way you feel.

Using your thoughts in the most positive way brings your energy meter way up. You feel optimistic…..upbeat…..ready to live life to the fullest. When you feel this way your mind and body respond so you have a burst of energy that propels you to go forward with hope and faith.

Using them in a negative way brings your energy meter to a low point where you don’t feel good health wise or emotionally. It seems that in this day and age it is a habit to find fault to be angry to even hate. These emotions are so negative that your mind and body feel them profoundly and this negativity allows health issues……. emotional upsets……. even the ability to function properly on a daily basis.

We give power to so many things just by focusing on them. If we are unhappy, we give life to unhappiness. It surrounds us and soon we are only focusing on what we feel is wrong in our life……in our surroundings…….in people……in the world. We soon start finding fault with everything and everyone.

Where is your energy today? Make a point to feel it. Find where your thoughts are headed and how they make you feel.

If you are feeling good, terrific, find more thoughts that match where your mindset is right now.

If you aren’t then how can you stop energizing those negative thoughts and feelings?

Always remember that everything that has ever happened to you is kept alive by the energy you give it. It’s like looking at a picture and all of a sudden it becomes a video because we have given it so much of our energy. Why would we possibly want to keep energizing things that were or things that make us feel bad? We must tell ourselves that this is the now and I need to use my energy wisely for my own greater good.

If we are angry about people……. situations…….the state of anything it does us no worldly good because we are feeling our worst at these times and this is not how life is supposed to be. We are not thinking clearly about much of anything.

Find your own happy place. What do you have to be grateful for? What is going right in your life? Even if you think these are small things use your focus to feel better and you will find that you see life in a much better way. You will even start to see more to be grateful

for once you acknowledge there are things going right for you.

It is up to you to use the energy of your beautiful spirit for your own wellbeing. Be mindful of everything that is right. Be mindful that change is always a good thing even though sometimes it isn’t apparent right away. Be mindful that by creating your own happy place in your own personal space you are changing the energy that surrounds you and you are making the effort to find the best possible life you can live.

Many Blessings to All

Sue

 Thoughts: How do they work for you?

There are two ways to think about anything and that would be negatively or positively. 

Isn't if funny how we have the choice and most of the time we find ourselves unhappy as we look at the dark side if you will of what is going on in our lives and the world. 

Take the time to notice that when you are thinking of things in a way that doesn't feel good one thought after another becomes darker and darker. In other words everything becomes worse and worse and the only reason that really happens is because we see the negative to begin with and it spirals out of control. This is so detrimental to our wonderful mind and body.

We allow unhappy thoughts to take over when in fact if we saw the brighter side of things one thought after another would be show us how things are really pretty good.

How could a person make this a habit do you think?

How would life feel if in fact we decided to start our thoughts each day in the direction of happiness?

Here is an exercise that might help in the direction of thinking and feeling positive:

• The first thing each morning be thankful you woke up.
• Focus on everything that feels good in your body. 
• Take some deep breaths and clear your mind.
• Sit down for a few minutes and write about everything that is positive about yourself and your life.

Make your thoughts the best thoughts and you will find that when you do you feel it deep down in that beautiful spirit of yours. Know that by finding the best thoughts you are contributing to your well-being that is so beneficial to you life becomes joyful and peaceful.

Your thoughts are your power, use them for your greater good.

Many Blessing to All

Sue