"Another lovely day!" Is what Tony Benn`s mother used to say as she woke him every morning when he was little. Imagine what that does to a young mind! Children believe everything adults say to them - they`re programmed to in order to learn quickly. When that little boy heard this, his unconcious mind set about proving his mother right. Whatever his politics (and he`s a radical left-wing labour MP), I don`t suppose any of us would dispute that Tony Benn has a sunny nature and irrepressible optimism. What his mother encouraged him to assume about each day helped him to begin that day believing it to be precious and beautiful. What a gift she gave him!
What she was doing was affirming something to be true. An affirmation. Affirmations are useful ways in which to convince your unconscious to believe something you want it to believe. If you consistently affirm something, after initial resistance you will start thinking that way. Though there are some important things to know about affirmations.
Firstly you must affirm things in the present. If you afffirmed things as going to happen, they would stay in your future and your unconscious mind wouldn`t set about creating your present reality. So for instance, "Everyone rejoices in my being here now!" may be something really challenging for you to believe at the moment. You may find it difficult to say even. You might feel that "Everyone will rejoice in my being here now!" would be more comfortable. However, you are creating a big change in your thinking. You cannot expect for that change to feel comfortable. And using the future tense won`t make it happen.
So think about what you would like to believe about yourself, about life, about your day. "Another lucky day!" might be a good start. And if you can affirm that immediately unpon waking, you are catching yourself at a moment when your unconcious mind is wide open to suggestion, is ready to listen and take in your suggestion.
May I wish you a very lucky day today and every day.
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