02 | June | 2012 | SpilledCookies

Don’t give your strength and focus to the things that you want to be rid of in your life.

I confess to falling into this rut from time to time, but I have definitely gotten better about not allowing myself to follow down the self-sabotaging road. When you dwell on something, play it over and over in your mind, look at it from every angle, and even role play what you will say and how you will react, make sure it’s something good. Otherwise, you are setting yourself up to manifest the very thing you keep dwelling on.

If you find yourself thinking about losing your job, and worrying about getting fired, are you really going to be concentrating on doing the best you can or are you focusing on being met at the door?

Instead center your heart and mind on where you want to go. Greet each day in the spirit of gratefulness for the people in your life, the things you enjoy and the opportunities that are going to present themselves to you today.

When you train your brain and your heart to be grateful and aware, you will be surprised at the things you will start to notice and the people who will come into your life. Then take a moment at the end of the day to be thankful.

A day that begins with being grateful and ends being thankful can’t go wrong because you’re already in the right mindset.

Cherry Coley ©