Thinking Positive

Positive thinking is the beginning steps of becoming a confident woman! I have learned that confidence and positive thinking go hand in hand so now I need to take the steps to changing my thought pattern. Over the years, I have attempted to change my negativity but honestly it only lasts for a few days or a week. Usually something will occur that will upset me and I end up back to my usual miserable, negative state of mind.

I feel I need to give you some background information on my life... Negativity has been a breeding ground in my mind for 10+ years so instead of looking at anything half full, everything is half empty and I find everything that can go wrong will go wrong from there. Even last night I let my negativity get the best of me and I ended up letting it take over my thoughts to the point that I may have lost a very special person in my life. Relationships have never been my strong point because of my insecurity and has been a on-going fight between my boyfriend and I for months. Well I let my negative thoughts start and escalate a fight to a point of teetering on the edge of a cliff. If the wind blows one way we will be safe, if it blows the other way I will lose my love forever. So here I am trying to change things before the wind blows the wrong way.

So my first step to work towards positive thinking is reciting affirmations to myself. For the past year I have been writing affirmations, usually when I was upset and wanted something in my life to change then I would have a happy spell and stop writing them. The most common place I would write my affirmations were at work because I had the down time and always had scraps of paper to do it. People were always asking what I was writing and I told them my happy thoughts. When they asked what were my happy thoughts, I was to embarrassed to tell them. So here on my blog I will give an idea of what 2 affirmations I write everyday: 1. I am a beautiful, confident, successful woman who surrounds myself with positive, supportive people. 2. I find love in a beautiful, loving marriage with a special man who loves me as I am. (there is more to this affirmation but I am going to eliminate some of the details)

Now my goal is to expand on these affirmations by reciting them when I begin to have a negative thoughts. I have also been told that reciting them out loud in front of mirror is a why to become more comfortable and confident with yourself so I will be spending 5 mins/day 2 times a day doing this.

Here is some great affirmations for you to try:
I am free to be myself
I have the energy and passion to make my thoughts reality
I let my own blessed life and my own inspired work be an instrument of peace and love.
I have the strength and determination to prevail any obstacle that comes my way.

I hope that you will share some affirmations that have worked for you!