If you don’t like what you are thinking, particularly if it is harmful to you or others, you can change it!\u00c2\u00a0 What a simple idea.\u00c2\u00a0 But is it really possible?\u00c2\u00a0 Indeed it is.\u00c2\u00a0 And it doesn’t mean living in a state of denial about “reality.”\u00c2\u00a0 It means only that we don’t have to harbor any thought, bad or good….<\/p>\n
Once I got over the initial resistance, a resistance that was fueled by fears of new behavior, I began to see that this knowledge — that we choose our thoughts and always have, even those hideously mean-spirited ones — can be very empowering.\u00c2\u00a0 For instance, it means that no one can put us down and hold us there.\u00c2\u00a0 It means that no one can make us a failure at anything we try.\u00c2\u00a0 It means that we are as smart as our willingness to do the footwork.\u00c2\u00a0 It means that we can change any experience we might be having in the middle of it!\u00c2\u00a0 All we have to do is change what is in our mind….<\/p>\n
The fact is, we can free ourselves from the past and from any thought that hasn’t comforted us.\u00c2\u00a0 When your thoughts no longer fit your reality, change them!\u00c2\u00a0 You may have to keep working at it, keep challenging your thoughts and ensuring that they’re not holding you hostage to some outdated picture of the world, but the choice is always yours.\u00c2\u00a0 In every moment, we get to choose.<\/p>\n
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