Lacey in the Raw: Is your glass 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?

Every thought we think and everything we say is an affirmation! One is either positive or negative. And our cups in life are either half full or half empty.... there isn't an in between. "All of our self-talk or inner dialogue is a stream of affirmations. We are continually affirming subconsciously with our words and thoughts and this flow of affirmations is creating our life experience in every moment.

"Our beliefs are just learned thought patterns that we have developed since childhood, many of these work well for us, but others may now be working against us, they are dysfunctional and may be sabotaging us from achieving what we believe we want. Every affirmation we think or say is a reflection of our inner truth or beliefs. It is important to realize that many of these "inner truths" may not actually be true for us now or may be based on invalid or inappropriate impressions we constructed as children."

"By choosing to think and say positive affirmations as true, the subconscious is forced into one of two reactions - avoidance or reappraisal. The bigger the issue the bigger the gap between the positive affirmation and the perceived inner truth and the more likely that one is going to experience resistance. This is where the subconscious finds it easier to stay with its perceived inner truth and avoid the challenge using any means at its disposal to avoid examining the issue. You will recognise this reaction by a strong negative feeling inside as you state the positive affirmations. Equally if your experience a sense of joy and well being, your mind is instinctively responding to something it believes to be true. When you get this emotion, you know your affirmations are working!

Continually repeating affirmations with conviction and passion will chip away at even the strongest resistance."

The human mind is so wild to me! Nearly everything we do is learned. Do you ever find yourself wondering why some people in this world have a totally different way of looking at life or why some people have it in them to follow after the wildest of dreams and goals? Well I say it's all in the way you look at things..... 1/2 full or 1/2 empty.
We only live here once and for such a short time at that... so for me it's gona be 1/2 full.

My daily affirmation;

I choose love, joy and freedom, open my heart and allow

wonderful things to flow into my life.

I am at peace!

My life is a joy filled life with love, fun and friendship, all I need do is stop all criticism, forgive, relax and be open.