There he stood, gazing at that apple. It looked delicious. He knew he shouldn't but why wouldn't he. So he took it and ate it. I think had Adam known that one choice would change the course of history he would have thought a little longer. But regardless of how long it took him, he would have still done it. It was his path. I once got into a conversation with my best friend after a psychology class about free will. We all were taking freshman psychology and suddenly had been enlightened. So we had lots of questions. I remember thinking back to my confirmation class and thinking of my teacher, Mrs. Kornegay. She had prepared me for these kinds of conversations but what I wasn't as prepared as I thought I was.
I have a secret. I have wanted to share it with people forever. I have always known this but until recently I just wasn't aware of how powerful this secret really is. It all started with a drive to work and a book on tape. But once I started I couldn't stop thinking that someone had given me the key to the fountain of youth. It was like I was Indiana Jones and suddenly I was on this great quest. A quest of self-discovery and now that I were becoming more aware, how I can not share this experience. Because it all starts with one word….
BELIEVE.
If you think of this word it can many different meanings for each of us. I am sure that they are all very different. But when I think of this word, I think of god. I remember having a conversation with someone about him. They had lost a loved one and were questioning him. I couldn't possibly understand that depth of loss but I told them this….. Do you believe in the wind? They look stunned. Of course they said. I said why do you know that it is the wind? They said," Well I can feel it." And I said," Can you see it?" and they said well I can see it when it blows across the water. I said exactly. But until someone told you that is what it was called you would never even noticed the breeze. I told them I believe not because I saw him but because I felt him and then saw him blow across each of us each day with undying faith. Hoping and praying that each of us would just dare to believe in something not seen. There was no bible for over 600 years. We relied on the apostles to carry on the stories of Jesus. Whatever faiths tell us, there is only one god. But what you chose to call him is your choice. But when you choose to believe in something that most deem impossible, is when you will be able to embrace this secret.
So what is this secret you may ask? Well it's very simple…. The law of attraction. (Positive thinking)
A good mood is contagious and a bad attitude is poisonous.
Have you ever thought that the sky is the limit? Ok so maybe some of you said yes you have THOUGHT it… Now how many of you BELIVED it? I am sure the hands in the room would go down right now by half. The difference is whether you believe or not. I once had a coach tell me my potential was so high but until I started believing in myself I would never win the race. I remember letting that go in one ear and out the other. But what would you do if I told you that right now you have the key to HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED? I am sure some of you all would think I am crazy. But we all do have the capacity to be and do anything we want but we have to start telling ourselves that. When you set a goal, and think about that goal and the look at the final outcome it usually will happen. But when you don't and you allow the doubt to set in then you will fail. I say it so simply but it really is that simple.
The power of positive thought is not something I have invented. It is there for us all to use. But we don't. By nature we expect the worse. We say we are being realists. I love that phrase. I love having those talks with our family and friends about some new goal you may have and the natural instinct in all of is to discourage it. We ask questions and then doubt starts. That doubt changes our minds, makes us overthink simple ideas and kills creativity. We all do it. It really is just in our nature. But what if we changed that. What if instead when a friend tells you something, we start off with encouraging thoughts? What if we start off our day telling ourselves what we want to do? You all have heard of the gratitude journal. This journal was part of this. By writing down the thoughts we were having
This week I worked with someone who challenged this new thought process. I actually looked up at heaven and thanked god for placing her in my path. She was my test. I used her as my guinea pig and tried to see if I could change someone who was seemingly impossible to change. So when she started on her rampage I asked her about something that might trigger a happy thought. I have found that when you find that one thought that is truly unconditionally happy then it is your safety net. So I asked her how she met her husband. Instantly I saw a change in her. She just had this light in her.
The only reason why you can't is because YOU say you can't.
Have you ever thought about what you really wanted from life? When you think of this does the immediate sense of "reality" come in and cover that idea with doubt? It happens to most of us. I started realizing some things recently. The power of positive thinking can overcome any feeling you have if you surrender to it. Most of us don't though. We just hung up on a few key words…. Can't, won't, shouldn't, like, etc. But what if you just eliminated those words from your vocabulary? What if you had never learned those words or the meaning of them? Can you imagine all the things you could have achieved?? Now for all of you "realists" out there, your argument to me will be… But I would have done a lot of dumb things and bad choices. Well I hate to say it we all know these things and still did that. So how about you open up your mind to the thought that you don't have to always think about things so negatively.
So I made a choice. I will no longer start a new thought with a doubt. I will not worry about things out of my control. I will strive to hit my goals every day. I will not say I can't do something. I will be a better person every day.
I challenge you all to do this. Start off your day with positive thought. Mediate on those goals you want in life. And stop wishing you could do them and start thinking that you will do them.
So my secret is this……….
Go out there and be happy people. Because if you currently are not, then the only person to blame for that is you.
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