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Sometimes, I even listen to myself |
When someone calls you into their office or says they need
to talk to you, do you get feelings of being back in school and called to the
dean’s office or do you get excited about what may be coming next? When the girls are in a bad mood, my mind
races over everything that has happened in our home lately trying to figure out
where I dropped some ball I was supposed to be carrying. If your first question is “What did I do
now?” and you find yourself going back over everything you’ve done recently to
see where you screwed up or what you may have gotten busted doing, you need to
change some habits.
You may also need to rein in your thinking.
How we allow our attitude to go will determine whether we
live a stressful or peaceful life.
However, most often our thinking will be what determines our
attitude. In order to live the positive
life we want, we must learn to control our thinking. Like a horse, if we allow it free rein it
could very well lead to trouble; wander off a calm path and into the thickets
where it finds itself in trouble.
Negative thinking is like that cartoon snowball. It may start off small, but it will pick up
speed, collecting other negative thoughts along the way and soon it is
gigantic, knocking over every positive thing in sight. It will just barrel through, rolling
completely out of control.
One of the ways this happens is by practicing those negative
conversations in our head. You’re either
anticipating a future talking to or you’re rehashing one that has already
transpired. You keep thinking of what
will be said, preparing yourself, getting your arguments in place. If not, you’re going over what was said and
how you should have responded if you
had had the time to prepare your argument.
Either way, you’re building yourself up into one giant snowball of
negative energy ready to destroy anything in your path.
As Barney Fife would say, it’s time to nip it in the
bud. Train yourself to catch those
conversations and thoughts in your head and bring them to a halt. Talk to yourself if you have to. There is nothing wrong with that. I talk to myself on a normal basis just to
remember what I went into the kitchen to get.
We might as well put that solo conversation to good use. Rationalize within that if you dwell on the
unknown it will only cause you heartburn and headaches. It will also detract from your current
situation and quite possibly compound your problems. It may not even be a problem to begin with and dwelling on it, fantasizing the
conversations and possibilities in your head is building it into one. When the time finally comes to deal with
whatever is wrong, you’re already worked up into a frenzy and immediately blast
with your storage of anger.
However, your thinking can also work the other way
around. You can build yourself up with
positive energy by giving yourself a pep talk.
You are your biggest encourager and supporter. Constantly tell yourself that you can do it,
you can achieve your dreams, and you can make everything you want a
reality. Guide your thoughts where you
want them to go and soon you will find yourself walking the path you wanted to
be on instead of someone else’s.
Start today. Slide
that harness over your mind and lead yourself into a positive future not
allowing the distractions of negativity to lead you down a faulty trail. You’ll soon find yourself on the path to a
peaceful year and life. Problems will
arise. They always do. However, you’ll be in a better mindset to
handle them without making them bigger than they are.
It’s all about attitude, but that attitude begins in your
mind. Spend some time there cleaning
house..
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