Affirmations predict the future

Affirmations - are they really worth it?  Simply yes, here's why...

Have you ever caught yourself saying things like 'see, I told you I'd break it' or 'I'll never do it, I'm just not clever enough' and then don't achieve what you were working so hard towards?  I do far too often.  It is so easy to talk yourself out of success, achievements, happiness, positivity when you might actually have been destined to get it.  But when we keep telling ourselves we won't get it eventually it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy and we almost make ourselves miss out.  Negative thoughts tend to lead you to a lack of success, bad moods and dissatisfaction.

So, if you accept that theory then you will accept this too: telling yourself you're going to succeed, you'll achieve your goal, stay happy and positive eventually you believe it.  And as soon as you believe it... it becomes true.  Positive thoughts lead to positive actions.

Sounds simple but if you are not of a naturally positive disposition all the time or there are certain things you are not confident with, afraid of or don't understand, believing that positive outcome can be very challenging.

What can you do about it?

Affirmations are your own personal statements to remind you of your happy, positive achieving self.  To help you formulate yours think of this:  Firstly accept that some times things will seem harder for you than others.  You are - after all - only human and we're all different.  Then, focus on your strengths.  You have so many of them and you will have a list of achievements as long as your arm.  You can always get a close friend or family member to help you.  Thirdly, never accept defeat as the 'norm'.  Just because you failed something once or twice doesn't mean thats how it should always be?  Just because someone won £41m on the Euromillions doesn't mean they'll win it every week!  Learn from it and know that you can move on - your turn will come... it WILL!

Therefore, your affirmations can look anything like this-

• I have a great network of family and friends who really love and care for me
• I am an intelligent hard working person worthy of promotion
• The more love I give the more I receive
• I'm really good at writing excellent informative reports
• When I believe in myself so do others
• My life is fulfilling with different challenges every day
• My body is really well equipped to combat illness
• I am the perfect weight for the perfect me
• I am successful in what I do

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The list should be personal to you and meaningful.  You could use an affirmation like "I have money in abundance" yet be horridly overdrawn with bailiffs at the door.  It's up to you how you frame it, it could be you are rich because of all the things you have that money can't buy or that you have the opportunities in front of you to achieve money in abundance so you might say instead 'I am on my way to achieving money in abundance'.  As long as it keeps you motivated and more importantly you believe it.

I keep mine on little cards - the size of credit cards and it a wallet.  No-one knows about them (apart from you) but I believe in what I've written and they help me to be positive, especially at times when I find it more challenging.

If you like, you can share some here or on the Facebook page.

Keep smiling, Thursday Feb 2nd the 2nd Positive Upload Day is only round the corner!