Change Your Thinking
Autumn in New England is a sensual experience. Wood-smoke fires
fill the night sky with ghostly images. The air is scented with
ready-to-pick apples and burning oak from hearth fires. Maple
trees don their cloaks of red, orange and yellow for one last
brilliant display of color. The honking of geese overhead
signals that another season has passed. And, in the midst of all
this beauty and decay, lie the seeds for next Spring.
What I have come to know in my own life and, in working with
others, is that our thoughts create our realities. In order to
change your life you must begin to be aware of and change your
thoughts. If your thoughts are not helping you or "working for
you" then it's time to let them go like leaves in the wind.
Someone once told me that negative thinking wears a groove in
the brain. Just like a worn out record, where the needle
comfortably settles into the groove, so does our negative
thinking. Negative thinking can be so habitual that it seems
like we are powerless to do anything to change it. While we may
not be able to change the old grooves, we can make new grooves
in our brains by changing our thoughts. Remember, our bodies
listen to everything we say. It responds by sending endorphins,
the stress relieving chemicals or things like cortisol; the
chemicals that raise blood pressure and put us in a fight or
flight pattern. If you are tired of feeling exhausted, stressed
out and negative, check in with your thoughts. Pay attention to
what you are thinking and telling yourself. A new habit takes 21
days to form. That's not a long time to make a big difference in
your life. Consider that you are in PMS; your "pre-magnificent
stage." By this time next year, the "seeds" you plant in your
mind today can lead to a life bursting with color. "Trick or
Treat".........Which will you choose?