Tune Out the Past and Tune in Joy

 

Are you allowing the past to interfere with who you are today and what you want to achieve for yourself?

Are you concentrating on things that no longer exist to impact your daily life?

Life can be so much easier for everyone if in fact we all just let go of what was, of what we try and wish back into existence, or what we wish we could change about what we did wrong.

These are all ghosts of the past that will haunt us if we keep allowing them to.

We certainly do not feel good about not being, doing or having what we think about in the past. We don’t move forward because we are stuck in a place that simply doesn't exist anymore, but we keep breathing life into it because we use our thoughts to bring it up and feel either the pain or the remorse in that time of our life.

If we are concentrating on the lack of or the guilt of then we are doing our beautiful spirit such a disservice.

• What if we used our thoughts to imagine how we would like life now instead of how life was?
• What if we decided to live in the moment and concentrate on what feels good in our life right now?
•  What if we decided that life was just great right here and now and we learned to appreciate our lives at this moment in time?

It simply comes down to a choice of what do I want to dwell on using my thoughts. Is it a time that is no longer reality or is it a time of here and now with all that I have to be happy about.

Don’t allow negative thoughts of the past drag you to a place you don’t want to be. You are in charge of what you think, so if a negative thought about what was pops in, flip it to a thought that only insures your well-being and your greater good.

Let your thought process be about you and what helps you to feel joy, peace and happiness. There are many things to focus on if you allow that train of thought to be where you mind goes.

Many Blessings to All

Sue

 

 

 Thoughts and Well-being

This is about how our thoughts directly affect our emotional well-being. By cultivating a positive mindset, we can significantly improve our overall health and increase our happiness.

Daily Practices for Positive Thinking

• Begin each day by reflecting on qualities and attributes you genuinely appreciate about yourself.
• Seek out and acknowledge all the things that are going well in your life.
• Focus on the good you perceive in yourself, others, and the environment around you.

Since our thoughts guide us every day, it is important to take control and steer them in a direction that benefits us. Although changing negative thoughts might seem challenging, it is actually within our power. Whenever a negative thought arises, we can consciously shift it to something that feels uplifting.

Sources of Positive Thoughts

We all hold joyful and comforting thoughts about certain aspects of our lives, such as:

• Children
• Pets
• Partner
• Home
• Vacation
• Hobbies

While there are many more sources of positivity, these examples offer a starting point for focusing our thoughts.

Strategies for Managing Negative Thoughts

If you find yourself caught in a negative thought pattern, recall a favorite memory or thought related to one of the areas listed above. Choose something that brings you feelings of love, laughter, or joy. We possess countless positive thoughts, but often overlook them. Use these memories to uplift your mood whenever needed.

Don’t allow all the beautiful and happy memories and experiences that you have stored away in your mind to go to waste. They are there to help you keep a positive outlook, and they are also proof that life is and can be a treasure.

 Empowering Your Own Happiness

It is important not to let anyone, regardless of their identity or influence, take control of your happiness. The responsibility for how you feel about yourself and your life rests solely with you. Only you can truly focus on and nurture your well-being in the most meaningful way.

Maintain a positive outlook regarding who you are, your current circumstances, and the actions you are taking. By affirming your sense of self and purpose, you can shield your mind from negativity and prevent it from affecting your daily thoughts.

Many Blessings to All

Sue

Like Yourself First

 February is a month that is all about love. We all want love of course, it is in most relationships we have. It is everywhere, movies, books, in just everyway we can learn about it. It is almost mandatory if we allow it to be. 

What if we lighten up and just like ourselves first.

Think about the person you spend the most time with. It's not your partner, your best friend, or your parents. It's you. If you lived with a roommate you didn't particularly like, you'd move out. But when that roommate is your own mind, the only way forward is to change the relationship from the inside out.

Liking yourself isn't about narcissism: it's about internal harmony and mental health. We often think it is selfish to care more about ourselves than others but the truth is if we don't feel good about who we are then we can't feel good about anyone or anything else.

Just think how freeing it is to focus on all the good things about who you are and keep the spotlight on all the things you like about yourself.

Liking is Different (and Easier) than "Loving"

• Self-Love often feels like a huge abstract destination.
• Self-Likability is about finding small things you enjoy about your personality, your hobbies, or your humor.

One of the major parts of liking yourself is to stop negative self-talk. It creates such chaos in your head. When we continually find fault with ourselves we simply cannot move forward in a positive way. We are stuck feeling bad about who we are and the fact that we have so many more good, positive qualities gets lost in the unhappy way we are seeing who we are.

The fact is we literally treat ourselves worse than we'd ever treat a friend. Just think about that for a moment, the fact is it is so important for you to stop and really care for the beautiful spirit that is who you are.

Here are a couple of things to do to help yourself feel positive:

• Write down three things you actually like about yourself today.
• Have boundaries for yourself when it concerns other people. Say "no" without regret when the circumstance doesn't feel right to you. It is okay not to follow along with anyone or anything that doesn't feel the way it should for your greater good.

Stop dwelling on what you feel you have done wrong, choices that may not be the best, or situations you may have chosen that didn't end up the way you thought they would. Let go of all the guilt it does not deserve the space in your head.

One thing for sure, you are the only person you are guaranteed to be with forever. Remember you don't have to be perfect to be someone you'd want to hang out with.

Many Blessing to All

Sue

Change is Good for the Soul

 Most people find that change is hard but in fact it is only as hard as you make it. You get to choose what you want to change and in making that choice you move forward and help to make your life more the way you want it.

There are always things we can change about ourselves but what changes can you make that will improve who you are, where you are and what you are doing?

• What if you changed your focus to something positive and uplifting?
• What if you changed the way you look at a particular situation?
• What if you changed where you are?
• What if you changed to a more positive outlook?

When we are focused on the negative we not only feel bad but we can't move forward to anything that would help us to be happy because we aren't feeling happy but negative. This negative energy can bring you down to a level that you sometimes can't shake because one negative thought brings another and another and pretty soon you are so weighed down and unhappy it really impedes your ability to get on with life.

I challenge you to sit down and write what positive changes you can make that will help you to feel better and to move forward. 

• Make suggestions as if it is happening already. 
• Be sure you are centered on positive changes and be aware of how those changes would make you feel.
• Let the positive energy  you feel while writing stay with you as an incentive to stay in this mindset.

As you are writing make a list of everything you have to be grateful for right now. What has happened for you that you appreciate. What is going right for you. Gratitude is the best way to really see what is positive in your life.

Change is truly good for the soul. When there is movement in your life, when it starts to flow, change brings a different perspective always, a fresh way to see things, a new horizon for sure.

Many Blessings to All

Sue

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