Mindset

 I find myself wanting to edit my blog when I think of who might be reading it. I guess that would give reason to using a  'pen name'. The whole point of this blog is to express my thoughts.  If one chooses not to read it that's great because they are making the choice. We choose what we do first, by thinking about it, and then acting on it. That is what our whole mindset is about. Some of you are wondering what a 'mindset' is, right? It's our thought pattern. Let me explain...we consistently set our thoughts to a specific style of thinking. For example, the last conversation you had with a person consisted of what topic? Was it how awful your day at work was, how terrible the weather is, how ill you're feeling? Let's change that conversation. Picture yourself saying only positive, uplifting words.  Some of you might be wondering how can I find words of positivity when only bad (negative) things are happening? Two things of great hope here, one is that we can actually change that by thinking of positive things or actually looking for positive things to talk about.  Let's say we choose the latter you're stuck behind someone going super slow on the highway and there is no way to pass them. We curse at them, become angry since there is no way to get around them and become more irritated. Are we still behind them and did any of those emotions help the situation? No, so instead of being frustrated by something we have no control over, we choose to see the positive in the situation. We're listening to music. listening to a podcast, singing out loud or reciting our favorite book whatever.The thing is we're not dwelling on the stuff we can't control, we are intentionally looking for 'good' things, positive things. Not looking forward to doing laundry, rephrase it, I get to wash my laundry then I'll have clean clothes to wear. Sounds pretty lame huh?  What if we just give the rephrasing thing a try?  The only one who will be listening to that thought will be you and that is a good thing because now you are rewiring your mind to find the good in even the simplest of things. Being aware of how we  keep our mind in one thought pattern gives us the ability to change it. Being aware that we have a rock in our shoe gives us the opportunity to take the shoe off and get the rock out. Sometimes being aware of our thought pattern can be challenging, so get a pen and paper and for a few seconds write down every thought that surfaces, do this with one word. What did you see on that paper? Now write down, in one word, what you want on that paper. Now keep the second set of words right in front of you all the time. Repeat that list over and over. This is what's called shifting our mindset. Focusing on what thoughts we want to repeat constantly in our mind will actually show up there. To all you 'doubters' out there, doubt is a negative word, a negative thought. We can do this, it's kinda like the story of "The Little Engine That Could"  Let's read that story and imagine that we are that engine.

  

 

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