How's Your Train of Thought?

 Funny thing about thoughts, they totally rule the way we feel in so many ways. If you are honest with yourself you will admit that you are either looking backwards to what was or wondering how the future is going to shape up. Very little of your time is spent on the now.

Of course this depends on your attitude about what you are focusing on and whether you are allowing the best or the worst thoughts to prevail. This in turn is the indicator of how you feel.

• Negative thoughts bring feelings of worry, fear and unhappiness.
• Positive thoughts bring a feeling of joy, hope, happiness.

If you are choosing to zip back to the past continually I would ask you how that makes your life better and what is back there that you don't have now. Remember the past is only snapshots of what was, it's like looking at a photo album but is not really relevant to you now.

• What if you really focused on what is good in your life right at this time?
• What if you chose to appreciate everything, even the smallest part of where you are that is happy and feels good?
• What if you let go of wishing it was the same as it was and concentrate on solutions that would bring you the same feelings in the here and now?

If you are choosing to look to the future, how are you imagining life to be? Does worry overtake you, do you feel anxious and upset? 

• What if you thought about all the times when you needed solutions and remember the way it all worked out for you?
• What if you just look ahead imagining how you want your life to be instead of seeing the worst case scenario?
• What if you embraced hope as part of your vision?

By letting go of the negative pictures in your mind of what you think might happen, let more positive images be what you project.

Always remember that nothing ever stays the same, it's just the way life is. If we don't stay in the present and we aren't grateful for all that we have, all that is going right and all that makes us feel good, we are hurting everything about the beautiful spirit that we are.

If we continually rant about what is wrong, the negative things we feel are in our lives, not only do we hinder our well-being but we put a haze over the beauty of who we are, what we have, and where we are going.

Don't allow anything or anyone ruin the wonderful essence of you, the great things that are going right for you, and the path that always opens up for you no matter what.

Do this for your greater good, put a light around yourself and shine with all that is good and positive in all things.

Many Blessings to All

Sue

Overcoming Thoughts of Hate

 It seems that we are in a crisis of thinking the absolute worst thoughts about things and then allowing ourselves to be consumed with anger and hate.

I would challenge you to take a look at what might be a person, place or thing in which you feel you hate and then feel what that feeling does to you when you bring it up.

There is not one thing more negative than hate. There is not one thing that will hurt you more than this feeling.

If you ask yourself why is it I hate whatever or whoever you do, try to find the reason that drives that hatred.

• Is it something you were taught?
• Is it someone you are following?
• Is it something someone did to you?
• Is it something that happened in a place?

If we are feeling  hatred because we were taught it is the way we must feel the only way to overcome this is to investigate the reason for the teaching.

• Is it true?
• Does the reason exist?
• Is it outdated?

I have to say that when generational hatred is handed down it grows because no one ever questions is this true, is this how I want to feel, is this the way to live and thrive?

If we are following someone who themselves is filled we hate we are allowing them to control our very soul which in fact is so damaging to us we feel unhappy every minute of every day. I would ask you why following hatred is how you want to spend your time? Why would you give over you mind, and your beautiful imagination to a person who is so negative?

When we hate because we relive a circumstance that happened we are on a loop that does not end until we decide to let go of that circumstance and decide to live in a more positive frame of mind. Going back continually to a period of time that is over, one that is actually only a memory we do ourselves such a disservice because we can be using our thoughts for happier and more joyful things to think about.

When we feed hate instead of coming to terms with whatever happened it is so negative for our beautiful spirits. Don't condemn a place because an unhappy event happened there. In this lifetime we will all feel unhappy somewhere at sometime but it is how we keep that alive in our minds that makes all the difference.

• What if we all today, right this minute decided to make the world a better place by letting go of the unnatural feeling of hate and embrace the natural feeling of joy. 
• What if we allowed the very dark feelings that hate brings to just disappear and then we allow the best thoughts we can think to bring light and love into our lives?
• What if we loved ourselves enough to want who we are, where we are, and what we are doing to be the most positive it has ever been for our own greater good.

Take control of who you are. Allow your beautiful to be free, to feel happy and peaceful. Allow all the best thoughts to help you to feel uplifted and strong.

Many Blessings to All

Sue 

Tune Out the Past and Tune in Joy

 

Are you allowing the past to interfere with who you are today and what you want to achieve for yourself?

Are you concentrating on things that no longer exist to impact your daily life?

Life can be so much easier for everyone if in fact we all just let go of what was, of what we try and wish back into existence, or what we wish we could change about what we did wrong.

These are all ghosts of the past that will haunt us if we keep allowing them to.

We certainly do not feel good about not being, doing or having what we think about in the past. We don’t move forward because we are stuck in a place that simply doesn't exist anymore, but we keep breathing life into it because we use our thoughts to bring it up and feel either the pain or the remorse in that time of our life.

If we are concentrating on the lack of or the guilt of then we are doing our beautiful spirit such a disservice.

• What if we used our thoughts to imagine how we would like life now instead of how life was?
• What if we decided to live in the moment and concentrate on what feels good in our life right now?
•  What if we decided that life was just great right here and now and we learned to appreciate our lives at this moment in time?

It simply comes down to a choice of what do I want to dwell on using my thoughts. Is it a time that is no longer reality or is it a time of here and now with all that I have to be happy about.

Don’t allow negative thoughts of the past drag you to a place you don’t want to be. You are in charge of what you think, so if a negative thought about what was pops in, flip it to a thought that only insures your well-being and your greater good.

Let your thought process be about you and what helps you to feel joy, peace and happiness. There are many things to focus on if you allow that train of thought to be where you mind goes.

Many Blessings to All

Sue

 

 

 Thoughts and Well-being

This is about how our thoughts directly affect our emotional well-being. By cultivating a positive mindset, we can significantly improve our overall health and increase our happiness.

Daily Practices for Positive Thinking

• Begin each day by reflecting on qualities and attributes you genuinely appreciate about yourself.
• Seek out and acknowledge all the things that are going well in your life.
• Focus on the good you perceive in yourself, others, and the environment around you.

Since our thoughts guide us every day, it is important to take control and steer them in a direction that benefits us. Although changing negative thoughts might seem challenging, it is actually within our power. Whenever a negative thought arises, we can consciously shift it to something that feels uplifting.

Sources of Positive Thoughts

We all hold joyful and comforting thoughts about certain aspects of our lives, such as:

• Children
• Pets
• Partner
• Home
• Vacation
• Hobbies

While there are many more sources of positivity, these examples offer a starting point for focusing our thoughts.

Strategies for Managing Negative Thoughts

If you find yourself caught in a negative thought pattern, recall a favorite memory or thought related to one of the areas listed above. Choose something that brings you feelings of love, laughter, or joy. We possess countless positive thoughts, but often overlook them. Use these memories to uplift your mood whenever needed.

Don’t allow all the beautiful and happy memories and experiences that you have stored away in your mind to go to waste. They are there to help you keep a positive outlook, and they are also proof that life is and can be a treasure.

 Empowering Your Own Happiness

It is important not to let anyone, regardless of their identity or influence, take control of your happiness. The responsibility for how you feel about yourself and your life rests solely with you. Only you can truly focus on and nurture your well-being in the most meaningful way.

Maintain a positive outlook regarding who you are, your current circumstances, and the actions you are taking. By affirming your sense of self and purpose, you can shield your mind from negativity and prevent it from affecting your daily thoughts.

Many Blessings to All

Sue

Like Yourself First

 February is a month that is all about love. We all want love of course, it is in most relationships we have. It is everywhere, movies, books, in just everyway we can learn about it. It is almost mandatory if we allow it to be. 

What if we lighten up and just like ourselves first.

Think about the person you spend the most time with. It's not your partner, your best friend, or your parents. It's you. If you lived with a roommate you didn't particularly like, you'd move out. But when that roommate is your own mind, the only way forward is to change the relationship from the inside out.

Liking yourself isn't about narcissism: it's about internal harmony and mental health. We often think it is selfish to care more about ourselves than others but the truth is if we don't feel good about who we are then we can't feel good about anyone or anything else.

Just think how freeing it is to focus on all the good things about who you are and keep the spotlight on all the things you like about yourself.

Liking is Different (and Easier) than "Loving"

• Self-Love often feels like a huge abstract destination.
• Self-Likability is about finding small things you enjoy about your personality, your hobbies, or your humor.

One of the major parts of liking yourself is to stop negative self-talk. It creates such chaos in your head. When we continually find fault with ourselves we simply cannot move forward in a positive way. We are stuck feeling bad about who we are and the fact that we have so many more good, positive qualities gets lost in the unhappy way we are seeing who we are.

The fact is we literally treat ourselves worse than we'd ever treat a friend. Just think about that for a moment, the fact is it is so important for you to stop and really care for the beautiful spirit that is who you are.

Here are a couple of things to do to help yourself feel positive:

• Write down three things you actually like about yourself today.
• Have boundaries for yourself when it concerns other people. Say "no" without regret when the circumstance doesn't feel right to you. It is okay not to follow along with anyone or anything that doesn't feel the way it should for your greater good.

Stop dwelling on what you feel you have done wrong, choices that may not be the best, or situations you may have chosen that didn't end up the way you thought they would. Let go of all the guilt it does not deserve the space in your head.

One thing for sure, you are the only person you are guaranteed to be with forever. Remember you don't have to be perfect to be someone you'd want to hang out with.

Many Blessing to All

Sue

Change is Good for the Soul

 Most people find that change is hard but in fact it is only as hard as you make it. You get to choose what you want to change and in making that choice you move forward and help to make your life more the way you want it.

There are always things we can change about ourselves but what changes can you make that will improve who you are, where you are and what you are doing?

• What if you changed your focus to something positive and uplifting?
• What if you changed the way you look at a particular situation?
• What if you changed where you are?
• What if you changed to a more positive outlook?

When we are focused on the negative we not only feel bad but we can't move forward to anything that would help us to be happy because we aren't feeling happy but negative. This negative energy can bring you down to a level that you sometimes can't shake because one negative thought brings another and another and pretty soon you are so weighed down and unhappy it really impedes your ability to get on with life.

I challenge you to sit down and write what positive changes you can make that will help you to feel better and to move forward. 

• Make suggestions as if it is happening already. 
• Be sure you are centered on positive changes and be aware of how those changes would make you feel.
• Let the positive energy  you feel while writing stay with you as an incentive to stay in this mindset.

As you are writing make a list of everything you have to be grateful for right now. What has happened for you that you appreciate. What is going right for you. Gratitude is the best way to really see what is positive in your life.

Change is truly good for the soul. When there is movement in your life, when it starts to flow, change brings a different perspective always, a fresh way to see things, a new horizon for sure.

Many Blessings to All

Sue

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Where is the Positive?

 

I have no explanation as to why it is human nature to focus on the negative. It is amazing to me that most people can tell you what is going wrong for them more often than what is going right. It's weird isn't it that what feels bad comes up first instead of what feels good.

This of course is a habit that many have acquired over a lifetime. It could be a learned behavior from parents or just a loop that we keep repeating over and over. 

• What if we chose to talk about what is going right in our lives?
• What if we made sure our conversations were upbeat and positive?
• What if we chose to focus on feelings that bring us joy?

I would challenge you to sit down and write out what has gone right for you in the last year. If you are going to look back at all look at what turned out well for you. Start writing and look at things that turned out even better than you thought they were going to. 

• Look for positive solutions that came to you. 
• Look for positive relationships you made. 
• Look for anything that brought a positive reaction for you.

By making note of these things you will find that so many positive things come to mind you wonder why you weren't noticing them when they were happening. By recognizing these positives we can be so grateful for them because they did make our life better even if we didn't see it at the time. Gratitude for all of the good that happened in our lives enhances our positive outlook.

Positive thoughts are the basis of a positive life. When we see things more positively we not only feel better but we open the door for more and more positives to come in our lives.

Make this a habit and your whole life will change for the better.

Many Blessing to all 

Sue 

Stop Looking Back

 Happy New Year!

The best way to start a New Year is by not looking back at anytime in your life that brings you to a negative thought process, especially the last year.

You have so much power over your life just by letting go of what is behind you and to focus on what it is you want for yourself in 2026.

When we keep pivoting back to parts of our lives that bring us unhappiness or sadness we do such an injustice to our beautiful spirit. 

• What if we let go of childhood trauma?
• What if we let go of unhappy relationships?
• What if we let go of what we might think of as failure?

These experiences have had life altering affects at one point on our journey but when we keep reliving them we are doing ourselves a great disservice. We are giving them permission to live in our hearts and minds and to diminish all that is positive and happy for ourselves. By keeping them alive in our thoughts and feelings we give them energy to keep invading our space of peace and joy.

Free yourself starting today using your thoughts as the foundation of a better and more satisfying way to view your life for the year ahead.

You can do this just by starting the habit of not looking back and not revisiting anything in your past that brings you unhappiness. Let your thoughts be on today and a new way to think about what you want and how you want it. Make it the most positive you can using your powerful imagination and your feelings for your greater good.

Paint the picture in your thoughts of the life you would want to live in the year ahead.

Many Blessings to All

Sue

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