“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings…” – Lao Tzu
No one likes a painful ending.
If we have difficulty transitioning to our new beginning, our minds can get locked into feeling negative about our life, and if we have difficulty seeing the positive, our hearts can get filled with anger and resentment over feeling forced into something else.
No one actually enjoys living in this state, but when we feel trapped, it feels impossible to change or to move forward.
Step one to breaking free of this mind pattern:
Becoming aware of our thoughts in a non-judgemental way. Why is that important?
When we’re in a judgemental mindset, we actually reinforce our negative thought patterns by speaking unkindly or harshly to ourselves.
Try practicing looking at your life in a compassionate light, telling yourself that you are doing the best you can right now!
Non-judgemental thinking is difficult to practice when we’re used to beating ourselves up emotionally. It requires suspending the negative thoughts, looking at things objectively and not negatively editorializing every action or thought.
I found it helped me to have a few positive quotes to speak to myself as I tried to look at my life in order to teach myself to see the previously hidden (from myself) positives in my life.
Positive reinforcement helps to rewire our brains to be able to start functioning in a more positive environment.
The benefits this gives to our mental, physical and emotional health are huge!
Give it a try!
“When I know better, I do better.” – Maya Angelou
“When you get to the end of the rope, tie a knot and hang on.” – Franklin D Roosevelt
“Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.” – Malcolm S. Forbes
“We don’t see the things the way they are. We see things the way WE are.” – Talmund
I’m sharing more post which may be helpful for you:
- 10 Steps to Owning Our Happiness
- Setting “Boundaries with consequences”
- Making a change… “How do I take that first step?”
- Affirmation: Today is a new day! I can do this!
- As we practice being gentle and kind with ourselves, we actually help to speed the process of helping our lives become more positive!
- Always believe that wonderful things can happen!
- A healthy outside starts from the inside!
- Brain Rewiring
More good stuff:
Teaching ourselves to like, even to love ourselves
By changing our inner dialogue, we change EVERYTHING!
Red Ocean or Blue Ocean? How do you think?
An answer to dealing with the Inner Critic!
My top 10 most viewed posts, plus a few bonuses!
A helpful trick to be able to overcome negatively Comparing Ourselves to others…
Do you only accept yourself if you look a certain way?
Please go to my Archived Posts page to find more wonderful posts to check out!
Blessings!
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Tamara
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