So this past week I worked diligently on trying to focus my thoughts… I started out the week focusing on an affirmation that I wrote for work which was “I have Divine favor at my job, I make Divine connections, I love what I do with a passion and I am flourishing under Gods Grace and in perfect ways”…
This affirmation feels really good to me, and so I wrote it down on a piece of paper, stuck it in my bra and went about my day, saying it whenever I felt the paper moving around and sometimes I would just remember to say it when I had a free moment to myself.
I did pretty good for my first attempt at this in a long time… but I just remember the first time I did this years ago, I was saying the affirmation so much more, and that is probably because at the time I wasn’t working a full time job and my life was a lot different, I was single and living with my mom… I’m married now and I have responsibilities that sometimes take over my thoughts.
When I did this whole affirmation thing years ago, I remember really feeling great when I said the affirmation, it was almost like the affirmation was so different from what I truly thought of myself, it really felt like I had to get into character to recite it with feeling… I believe that was a good thing, it made me actually have to feel like the person I was trying to become.
With that being said, this affirmation about my job is great, but I am going to revisit it because I want to feel like I have to get into character as I’m saying it, so that every time I say it, I am feeling more and more like the person I am trying to become, and before I know it, I won’t be acting anymore, it will be a part of my being.
The other thing I realized it that, while I do want to focus on flourishing in the position I’m in at my job, I can’t forget that the number one priority for me this year is to truly love myself exactly as I am… so by the end of last week, I was focusing my thoughts on another affirmation I had written for myself that went “I love approve and appreciate you exactly as you are _(insert your name here)_, you are perfect, whole and complete”.
This affirmation feels good, and I have begun to say it in my head all day every day for the most part, especially the last two days I’ve had off of work. I’m reciting it over and over to myself while I’m laying in bed watching tv, while I’m cooking or washing the dishes, while I’m in the shower, while I’m brushing my teeth, even while I’m in light conversation with my husband… I know it sounds weird, but somehow I’ve found a way to think the affirmation and still be paying attention to what he’s saying, however in our more in depth convo’s I’m not thinking about the affirmation because I am still aware of the need to be present in the moment.
To be honest, I really surprised myself last week with how well I did with my self love affirmation… but this week I want to turn it up a little. I am going to rewrite my self love affirmation so that it’s like the one I did years ago, when the affirmation was so different than from what I actually thought about myself that to say it with feeling I had to get into character which made be become who I was actually trying to be.
The goal is to not feel like I’m trying to love myself exactly as I am, the goal is just love myself, inherently. It’s the third week of the year and I’m really proud of myself for staying on task, and also for keeping track of my progress… by the end of this year, I should have enough data to show myself the actual proof of how I can change and heal my life with the power of my mind. Consistency in this mind experiment is key.
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