Taking control of your mind and Your Thoughts
We all have the need to grow. The desire to become better, to
have more and to improve our lives is a basic human need. In
order to be happy, fulfilled human beings we must grow and
expand our lives consistently. The key is consistency. Our lives
will never be "sorted" for a real sense of happiness and
fulfilment comes from a consistent improvement in the quality of
our lives.
For us to experience this sense of fulfilment we don't need to
make major life changes on a daily basis. Similarly, you don't
need books of self improvement ideas to make a difference in
your life. You need self improvement ideas that you can use and
apply and make part of your life. These ideas needn't be
complicated. It is often the simplest ideas that create the
greatest changes in our lives.
By making small incremental changes towards our ultimate vision
of our lives on a daily basis, we start to build unstoppable
momentum in our lives. People often rush in and create massive
changes in their lives and try to change everything in their
lives overnight. This kind of change and self improvement rarely
lasts.
Whenever you learn a new self improvement idea or skill, commit
yourself to it. Make a real decision where you absolutely commit
yourself to use and utilize it until it is conditioned as a
habit of mind. Start with small and simple self improvement
ideas and build on it.
All change and self improvement start in our minds, on the
internal world, the part of life over which you have absolute
and total control. We can't control the events and circumstances
around us but we can and have absolute control over our
interpretation of it. Nothing in life has any meaning except for
the meaning you attach to it. You cannot direct the wind, but
you can direct your sails.
The challenge is that we tend to get caught up in the
circumstances of life and allow the environment to take control
of us instead of us controlling it. Remember what Benjamin
Disraeli said: "man is not the creature of circumstances;
circumstances are the creatures of men." It is not what happens
but what we do with what happens that shapes our lives.
The most important self improvement idea is to learn to take
control of your mind. This is actually a lot easier than you
might think, if you think about it for our thoughts are the
basis of our minds. We are who and what we are in life because
of our thoughts and therefore every improvement in our thoughts
must by definition improve our lives. The law of attraction
states that we attract into our lives the experiences that
harmonize with our dominant thoughts.
In order to learn how to take control of your thoughts requires
an understanding of what a thought actually is. Thinking is
nothing but a process of asking and answering questions in our
minds. The easiest way to utilize this self improvement idea is
to start asking ourselves better questions. Questions like "why
can't I do this? or "why does this always happen to me?" will
hardly create empowering thoughts for your mind will give you
answers to these questions based on your memory.
Teaching your mind to ask questions like "how can I do this?"
will create empowering answers that keeps your mind focussed on
what you ask of it. Questions are the control mechanism of your
mental focus. You can make yourself feel good or bad, angry or
sad by just focussing your mind.
The way you feel at any point in time is not based on reality
but on your interpretation of reality by what you choose to
focus on. Remember that there is always something wrong in your
life and in the world, BUT at the same time there is always
something that is good and right. Make the conscious decision to
direct your focus on what's right and good and joyful. Just ask
yourself "what's great in my life right now?" and immediately
your focus will be shifted and you are in control of your mind.