I have heard this statement said several times and I cannot improve upon it with more words, and so this blog is going to be very short.

I want you to really focus this week on what thoughts make you feel bad –angry, frustrated, sad, resentful – and find the lie in the thought.  

Shining a light on the lie is this first step to disproving the lie, and in its place creating a true statement to believe.

Every thought you think that makes you feel bad is a lie!

The only thing we are in control of in this life is our thoughts.  So if there is a thought that creates negative emotions for you (and we all have them all the time), it only has power over you if you believe it.  If you can see it for the lie it is, then you can believe the truth in the alternative thought.

A belief is simply a thought that has been thought often enough that it is taken as a fact.

Say something to yourself often enough and you will start to believe it.

Any thought that creates negative emotions is a lie.  As Linda Kohanov says in Way of the Horse “Emotions weren’t created to torture us, but to protect and inform us.  They only hang around and intensify if we persist in ignoring the wisdom they represent.”

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to become aware of  your thoughts and the accompanying emotion. That’s it! Be aware…

The extra credit step for those over-achievers reading this (and I know most of my audience are!) is to FIND THE LIE in any thought that creates a negative emotion and FIND A TRUE STATEMENT to take its place.  Say that true statement to yourself as many times as you say the lie, and you will be on the path to a better day. In this way we are not pushing away or ignoring the negative thought, but we are investigating how to create a more true statement to take its place, one that allows us to feel a more enjoyable emotion.  

I love hearing from you so let me know how the assignment is going for you. Email me at Pamela@HealThyselfDVM.com !