All about Semantics

Have you yet realised just how powerful your thoughts really are? Do you even pay attention to them?

I only ask because, in my somewhat limited experience (I've only been around for 31 years, you know), it would seem to me that the majority of people don't pay attention to their thoughts. And, therefore, they miss out on a powerful tool they can apply in their life. In fact, they are at the mercy of their thoughts since that power is innate. Are you one of these people?

I know what at least some of you are probably thinking: 'He's about to start talking about affirmations and manifestation again. That crazy Paul... he's read too many Wayne Dyer books.' And you'd at least be close in thinking this, however I've never actually read a Wayne Dyer book.

The power of your thoughts lies not so much in affirmations, although these too are a powerful tool. What I am talking about here is your actual day-to-day thinking. The manner in which you think. The mindset from which your thoughts spring forth.

When someone asks you how you're doing do you say, "Not bad," or "I'm good?"

From my vantage point, there is a huge difference between the two, and I personally would prefer to describe my life by what it IS as opposed to what it ISN'T. Not bad? What does that actually describe?

Of course, you might argue that sometimes you're not good, and at the same time you're not bad, so this answer would fit. But it isn't a truly honest answer. In this case, the most accurate, honest answer you could give is, "I'm okay." Okay. Not good, not bad, just okay. And it clearly describes how you actually feel.

I encourage you to spend some time listening to yourself. Hear what you are saying and really try and decipher the messages that you are transmitting to others. Thoughts and words are energy - the essence of what this world is made up of - and it's important that we be crystal clear, with ourselves, if no one else, what kind of energy we truly intend to put into the world.

Remember, like attracts like. If you're getting a lot of shit in your life, chances are you'll find a lot of shit in your thoughts and words too.

You might be wanting to dismiss this as semantics. Go ahead, if that's what you want to do. But remember this too: the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

If you want to experience a change in your life, it's YOU who is going to have to do the changing.

/pk