Friday, May 22, 2009

Flourish Friday

So... how are those smiles working?? Have you changed any part of the world?? If you were doing it right... you did! If not, keep trying, it's worth it. Either way continue to work the smile, each Friday it is not time to forget the last step and move on, it is a building block. We are going to put one block on top of the other so we can build up to the ultimate "us".
So KEEP SMILING.
Now onto this weeks step. This is more of an inside step. Most people will not be able to tell you are working on it. This is between you and your brain. Did you know that you control your brain? Your brain does NOT control you. That is worth repeating; YOU CONTROL YOUR BRAIN. YOUR BRAIN DOES NOT CONTROL YOU. I am not sure that many people believe this. I think if they did, this world would be a totally different place. Now please note, I am not speaking as someone who has this mastered. I am speaking as someone that is working on this right along with each of you. In fact, this has been a major topic of discussion with myself this week.
Did you know that you can convince yourself to like something & you can convince yourself to stop liking something. It won't be easy. However, I believe that it is more important than any of us can fathom.
So, this next week my challenge to you is that you would learn to train your brain. The first step is this: Speak it out loud. If you want to train yourself to like broccoli then I want you to say it out loud through out the next week. "I like broccoli." "Broccoli is good." Then test it, put broccoli in front of you and when you go to take a bite, fight the urge to cringe or think negatively about the broccoli, continue to tell yourself that you like it. Don't expect it to work perfectly the first time, just like training for anything, it takes time and persistence. But continue to persevere if this is important to you. Then try it with other things; exercising, finishing the big project that has been haunting you, whatever it may be, work for it. You are worth it! Have a wonderful weekend and check back on Monday.



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