Day 5 - Prosperity Challenge - Protect Yourself From Negativity Sometime last year, I came across the saying, “you become like the 5 people you spend the most time with” and it really hit home for me. I realised that this is why I had plateaued in my spiritual and personal growth – I had not really been seeking out mentors, people who were in the place I wanted to be in, and the majority of the people I spent time with did not have any more of a positive mindset than I did. This concept of ‘protecting against negativity’ was not a new concept to me, but I had adopted a rather laissez faire approach to it, assuming that ‘all is one anyway’ and that I was tough enough to just roll with the punches and get on with things. I was already not watching the news or reading newspapers, and I had years ago made conscious decisions about the company I was keeping. But other things, like my day-job, were causing me a lot of frustration and I was allowing myself to get too mired up in the complaining habit I’d learned as a child. I was getting really dragged down. My energy was low, I was suffering a lot of moodswings and I was frequently getting trapped in whinging and whining and making excuses for why things were not the way they ‘should’ be. It really sucked. And it was making my partner really frustrated and fed up with me. We argued a lot, I kept being defensive, and I got nowhere. Until one day, I really got it. So after a bit of a soul-searching, some breakthroughs and some big action-taking, I am now much more conscious of protecting my mind against negativity and filling myself with positive and inspiring information. I also make a conscious effort to reach out to positive, successful and inspiring friends and colleagues when I’m feeling dejected or stuck so that I can get a boost, and a reminder to believe in myself and keep on taking action. Today’s affirmation: I WILL AVOID NEGATIVE PEOPLE AND I WILL NOT ENGAGE IN NEGATIVE SELF-TALK. I KNOW THAT I CAN HANDLE ANY OF MY PROBLEMS IF I COMMIT TO CHANGING THEM. I HAVE NOW COMMITTED TO FINANCIAL ABUNDANCE, AND SO I WILL REACH MY GOALS. Negative thinking for many of us is an ingrained habit, and it can take a lot of practice to pull ourselves out of it. From today onwards, when you find yourself engaging in negative self-talk (e.g. self-doubt, self-criticism), CATCH YOURSELF, and turn it around to a positive affirmation like, “Every day, in every way, things are getting better and better,” or “Everything is working out for me” or something else similar to this in language that works for you. EVEN IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE IT YET. Just the act of catching yourself is a powerful step in itself. And, just as a note, if it is not yet possible for you to totally remove yourself from the negative people in your life, that’s ok. Don’t get caught up in judging or blaming those individuals. That in itself is a trap, and gets you into a negative and disempowered frame of mind. Have compassion. Every human being is doing the best they can with the tools they currently have at their disposal. Do your best, and when you do get infected by the negativity and you realise it, catch it, forgive yourself, and think your positive affirmation again. In time, it will get easier, and your positivity will either be infectious to others and lift them up or those negative people will simply move away from you.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 01:36:23 +0000
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