I’ve had an interesting day …
Just been reading John’s blog post about reprogramming your mental attitude and chuckled to myself about how similarly we see life, yet how disimilar we are in how we see life. Confused?
I made a choice to Be Positive and Spread JOY, as you know, and since I started that ‘approach to life’ a couple of years ago, Life has been GRAND.
Tonight, I have been reminded about what life is like when you experience it through a glass which is Half Empty. It’s not so GRAND.
And, it’s all a great example of what “Abraham” call the Art of Allowing … in other words, if you have to TRY to do something then you are ‘pointing your boat upstream’. When you go with the flow, you are going downstream.
John has a list of 10 Steps for Reprogramming Your Mental Attitude … they are pretty good. So, here is my spin on them:
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Choose to keep your mouth closed … my mum told me this ad nauseum when I was a teenager and tending to ‘point my boat upstream. “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all” … and it’s true. Negative words create negative feelings and negative energy.
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Speak Out … practice speaking positively. Even if you have to FAKE IT. Sometimes faking it is the best way to understand how Good it CAN Feel to be Happy. Don’t beat up on yourself if you fall off the wagon. Just dust yourself off and get back to speaking positively.
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Believe in Yourself … need I really say any more?
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Feed the Inner Being … create the environment which most supports your life of having a Positive Mental Attitude – turn off the news, put away the newspaper, ask your friends to share HAPPY stories when you are together.
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Remove Yourself … from Toxic situations.
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Phone a Friend … and share your positive experiences. Tell them what you are all about and ask them to help/participate. Being Happy and having a GREAT Mental Attitude is like carrying a HUGE Magnet around with you. Everyone wants what you’ve got.
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Make a list …naughty and nice … Make a list of your friends to determine who are the most positive thinkers amongst them and deliberately cultivate a relationship with them over this week. Get coffee. Buy them lunch. Do not abandon your negative friends; just make the decision to build relationships with people who are going where you want to go. You have to get stronger that the negative personality of friends and family members around you. I like this one of John’s a LOT so just copied it here … yes, I will tell him that I’m plagerising his fabulous point!
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Positive Role Model … look around you. Take note of those folks who are HAPPY and SUCCESSFUL and POSITIVE and Do What They Do.
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Get Back on the Wagon … make a commitment to Being Positive. That means keeping a check on those thought patterns which tend towards the negative. When I have a negative thought, and realise it, I then turn it around and say something positive. Again, sometimes you fall off the wagon, but it’s OK. You have the skill, you have the power, you have the ability to Get Back On the Wagon! YAY!
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Affirmations and/or Mantras … when that negative mind chatter kicks in, have some words or a phrase ready to say, over and over, that’s positive. I like to say an affirmation when I am at the gym that supports what I am doing, such as “I am trim and toned and in Perfect Health!” You can make up ANYTHING that is positive – try saying “I am Happy and Positive” repeatedly. Eventually you will notice that the mind chatter has become more consistently positive.
There you have it … 10 Steps for Reprogramming your Negative Mental Attitude. I am BLESSED because I have Wonderful, Positive, Uplifting Friends who support me in All Ways …
It’s pretty cool Flowing Downstream. 
