We all have a choice moment to moment with regard to how we live our life. We may choose to immerse ourselves into the negative aspects of all that is going on. The news media is particularly adept at spinning negative stories. Pick up any newspaper or listen to any station or report of the news this or that day and it really is filled with negative, depressing stories.
It’s also very easy to get mired into a very negative state of mind with regard to what your body might be communicating to you. Perhaps we are thinking today that:
“My symptoms are flaring up today so I am sure to feel worse tomorrow.”
When we churn the same negative thoughts around and around a hamster wheel of our own creation, we feed into the energy of negativity which is bound to fuel the symptoms.
The key of course is to transform the repetitive negative thoughts that haunt us day in and day out. Instead of being negative, the key is to maintain a positive frame of mind each and every moment of our lives.
My question is this. You’ve been now keeping a written record of what you have been grateful for each and every day. As the days have progressed, have you wanted to add more than just three items to your list? Perhaps you did. On the second or third day you added a fourth and a fifth to the basic list of three.
Have you noticed that during the day you experienced something and you said to yourself,
“Ah, that’s something I want to add to my list tonight before I go to bed?”
Do you see what kicks in when we begin to make a habit of maintaining a positive attitude, a positive state of mind? It escalates into having more and more positive thoughts and more and more positive experiences. It reduces depression significantly. Best of all, it fuels the pleasure of happiness in the moment.
Moment to moment, day in and day out, when we honor and relish the positive experiences of our life, we feed into the positive energy that makes the manifestation of recovery possible. When we support those positive thought forms we create an energy that is conducive to healing and wellness. We may say to ourselves,
“But wait a minute, I’ve got to be sure that I am prepared for the future.”
When you have those thoughts, what are you really saying to yourself? You’re likely saying,
“Oh, yeah, that’s right, I’m going to be disabled in a few years so I need to do some planning.”
That thought is destined to steer you straight into a nursing home. Is that what you really want? Or, do you want to live out a vibrant, free, active life that has a force and an energy that is limitless? Be mindfully grateful for each and every moment of your life.
We tend to remember those negative experiences and we relish those. We go back into the past and say to ourselves,
“I wish I had done this and that. Matters wouldn’t have turned sour if I had acted differently.”
Those thoughts are not going to change anything. The past is past.
The way to change our health and wellness is to live moment to moment, to live in the present. The origins of negative thoughts reside in past memories or future fantasies. It is tough to create negative thoughts when we are mindful of enjoying the present moment.
Your are invited to continue keeping your list of what you are grateful at the end of each day. Continue to acknowledge that there are many glorious, positive experiences that you are having each and every day.
Allow your list to expand beyond the count of three if you so wish. Constrict yourself not. Allow yourself to add more and more experiences, thoughts and actions that you are grateful for each and every day as the week progresses.
I suggest to you, whether you decide to continue the list or not, it is very likely you will be thinking to yourself,
“Ah, that’s something that I could add to my list before I go to bed tonight.”
Once you have turned on the flow of positive thoughts. it is virtually impossible to shut them down. Isn’t that cool?
Feel the positive life force surge within your body. Observe your symptoms dissolve.
May you have a magnificent week as you find yourself being grateful for the magnificence of life itself.
Robert
© Parkinsons Recovery