When was the last time you allowed “doubt” to take you into a downward spiral in your thoughts? “I doubt that!” can be a statement to impress our subconscious mind with a message that takes us into a desirable thought or idea, rather than staying in a place of acceptance of what we no longer want to be true for us. Sometimes, an even stronger phrase is needed to shift us.
For an example, a gentleman found himself on an elevator with a couple of people discussing the weather. The gentleman was looking forward to his experience in the city he was visiting. The couple, also visiting, agreed with each other that the weather is going to make their lives miserable that day and through out the week. The man stepped out of the elevator rather discouraged when he realized that he must challenge his reactive feelings. “Wait a minute,” he said to himself. “That was a bold-faced lie, and it had nothing to do with me! The weather has no authority over my experience. My life is happy, full of wonderful surprises, and overflowing with exciting joyful events.” Then he went on his merry way.
We can claim the command of language to empower ourselves so that any negative messages, whether from the news media, stories of others, or stories we make up, have no effect on us. We can continue to accept the good that life is bringing to us.
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