Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Self-Talk Part II
Want things to be different? Change your thinking. Change your thinking, change your life. Self-talk, the things we’re constantly thinking and saying to ourselves, determine what we get in life. If you always think what you’ve always thought, you’ll always get what you always got. Ponder that. Read it again. Say it out loud. Always thinking about things in the same way and expecting different results is a good definition of insanity.
Being aware of what you’re thinking, your self-talk, gives you choice and creates an opening for things to be different. If you’re aware and you don’t like what you’re thinking or hearing, you can change it. Being aware of your thinking and self-talk is critical. That’s what mindfulness is all about.
Being mindful is being aware of your thinking and self-talk and realizing it’s only self-talk, not Reality or the Truth, just your usual, habitual way of perceiving and thinking about things, and you can change it. I’d like to reach from this page, shake you, hug you, look into your eyes and know that you’re getting this. These are the Keys to the Kingdom. Take them. Please.
You hold the power, no one else. You decide what something means, not the ‘media.’ Your thoughts guide what you do, not mine. No matter what anyone does, you alone are in control of your response, your thoughts and action. Response-ability belongs to you, alone. It doesn’t matter what happens outside you. Sure we’re all programmed, educated, have jobs to do, roles to play, with deep feelings and values. And tho you may have a hair trigger, you are not a gun, a machine for someone else to manipulate.
You have response-ability. Use it more wisely. Wake-up. Get off cruise control. Set an intention to be mindful, to pay attention to your thoughts and self-talk. Just being aware of what you’re thinking and saying to yourself, that and nothing else, will awaken choice and creativity and the possibility of being different. No judgment, no resolutions, just awareness.
Being aware of what you’re thinking, your self-talk, gives you choice and creates an opening for things to be different. If you’re aware and you don’t like what you’re thinking or hearing, you can change it. Being aware of your thinking and self-talk is critical. That’s what mindfulness is all about.
Being mindful is being aware of your thinking and self-talk and realizing it’s only self-talk, not Reality or the Truth, just your usual, habitual way of perceiving and thinking about things, and you can change it. I’d like to reach from this page, shake you, hug you, look into your eyes and know that you’re getting this. These are the Keys to the Kingdom. Take them. Please.
You hold the power, no one else. You decide what something means, not the ‘media.’ Your thoughts guide what you do, not mine. No matter what anyone does, you alone are in control of your response, your thoughts and action. Response-ability belongs to you, alone. It doesn’t matter what happens outside you. Sure we’re all programmed, educated, have jobs to do, roles to play, with deep feelings and values. And tho you may have a hair trigger, you are not a gun, a machine for someone else to manipulate.
You have response-ability. Use it more wisely. Wake-up. Get off cruise control. Set an intention to be mindful, to pay attention to your thoughts and self-talk. Just being aware of what you’re thinking and saying to yourself, that and nothing else, will awaken choice and creativity and the possibility of being different. No judgment, no resolutions, just awareness.
