Thoughts and Feelings

One of the things I have been focusing on since learning about the law of attraction are my thoughts and feelings. For those of you who haven't enlightened yourselves on "the law" yet, your thoughts (be they positive or negative) eventually manifest themselves in your life. They are the architect of your future. Another popular way of expressing this is "like attracts like". For example, if you are always thinking about bills or being in debt, you will remain in this state of reality until you start focusing on financial abundance and living prosperously.

I was always under the impression that I had a positive attitude and a wonderful outlook on life. However, when I started looking at my current state of affairs, I realized that most of the thoughts that have been dominant in my mind were mainly negative. Even when I was thinking in a positive manner about a future event, I would always counter the thought with something negative. For example, I'm single and from time to time I imagine myself finding someone and getting married. But then I would follow that nice positive thought with a negative one such as "Oh I'm too fat", or "it's too late", or "it's difficult finding somebody". Hmmmmm.

Needless to say I was shocked when I came to the realization that I have been doing that to myself. Now I try to make a serious effort to clear any negative thoughts out of my mind when I am consciously aware of them. This is not an easy task. It takes a while to re-condition the mind and I do struggle with it everyday.

I also pay closer attention to my feelings. Feelings are the mirror to your thoughts. Usually if you are experiencing negative thoughts, your feelings will reflect that. The same can be said of positive thoughts evoking feelings of joy, contentment, etc. I try to figure out the source of a "bad mood" when I'm experiencing it. I remember watching the news earlier this week and heard something that was disturbing to me. Instead of letting go of the negative thought, I allowed it to remain in my head and eventually my mood changed from being in a state of joy to that of annoyance and anger. (Wow, what a shift!)

So pay close attention to your thoughts and feelings. Also be mindful of what you take in from your environment. It's good to be informed but not good to be bombarded by negative information that will alter your state of mind.