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30 Jun 2010 What Do You Have To Complain About?
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Complaining CatThis morning the book I took on the bus to read was a book of wisdom notes by Dr Mike Murdock. One of the notes that stood out to me was the following:

Never complain about what you permit.

What a powerful rebuke no? How many times do you and I permit a situation and then when it actually happens we get upset.

But you might be asking, in what ways do I actually permit a situation?

There are three main ways you permit a situation to happen (that could have been prevented):

  1. Deliberately ignore the signs of something growing simply because you really don’t want to deal with it. This is the delusion of “if I ignore it, it will go away”.
  2. Lose your focus because of distractions. You did not even see it coming because you were too distracted.

    3. li>Talk yourself into it (or think yourself into it). Negative words thought and/or spoken can get you and I into more trouble than we realize.

Prevention is always better than cure right?

The solution is:
So many situations in our lives can be prevented. How?

  • Take courage to confront a small situation before it becomes a big one.
  • Stay alert to what is happening around you. So many things (especially accidents) happen in our lives in a split second of distraction.
  • Make sure that you are speaking and thinking positive words every day.

Don’t waste time complaining about what you permitted.

  • Learn from it.
  • Focus on the solution and the recovery plan.
  • Fill your mind with positive words, motivational and problem solving solutions (which you will find when you read good non fiction books every day).
  • Follow your recovery plan.
This is the way to turn weaknesses into strengths and
obstacles into opportunities.

JillWhen you and I accept the responsibility for our mistakes, learn from them and determine to recover from them life can only get better – and it does!

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25 Jun 2010 Worry Is Wrong Meditation
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Lady looking worriedThe latest book that I am reading is “The Laws of Thinking” by Bishop E. Bernard Jordan. In one of the early chapters I found this quote:

Worry is meditation in the wrong direction.

That is powerful right? We could also express this truth by saying:

  • Worry is meditating in the bad things that could happen.
  • Worry is meditating in the worst possible outcome of a situation.
  • Worry is inviting fear into your life.

Why use the word “worry” and not “think”.
Certainly worry does take place in your mind. But worry does not stop at one thought. When you worry your mind is set to automatic replay right? You rehearse the situation and all of the possible negative outcomes over and over again in your mind.

I am sure that you have been through many difficult situations in life and perhaps gone through sleepless nights because of them. I know I have.

There was a time in Mexico when a coworker turned against me and even tried to twist a situation and sue me.

One of my circle of counselors, instead of building up my faith for some reason spent his time telling the worst that could happen. This was not his normal strategy, so it was obvious the enemy was at work. He had me visualizing a situation so absurd it is now laughable. (No it was NOT his fault, I accepted what he was saying and allowed myself to visualize it).

I could visualize the authorities coming down the steps of the land where my rented bungalow was to get me. I had actually done nothing wrong, and this would never have happened, BUT I still lost sleep over it.

Why? Because I believed in the worst and let my mind go over and over the possibility until it was so real it almost happened. Not in reality, but in my reality at the time.

Do you see how real negative influences can be in our lives. Yet how destructive? God is good and despite my fear that the time there was a positive outcome.

What a lot of wasted energy went into the situation though. All of that worry.

Believe me, when you face a difficult situation, once you entertain a negative thought or idea you set yourself up for replays. Once you allow your mind to replay negative thoughts and ideas, fear enters and your creativity to find solutions is paralyzed. Of course there is also the danger of the “self fulfilled prophesy”. Your thoughts certainly CAN attract outcomes.

So what is the solution to worry?

  • Don’t even allow the first negative thought to stay in your mind.
  • Immediately force yourself to think of all of the positive outcomes the situation could have.
  • Discipline your mind to meditate on these outcomes. (Remember worry is meditation going the wrong way, so by meditating in the right direction you leave worry behind).
  • Visualize the victory in the situation. How will you feel?
  • Above all, always be determined to conquer.

Don’t forget a winner’s mindset needs to be built. This means spending time every day to build up your mind by spending time learning from positive books, recordings and videos (Download some free recordings and videos here).

JillMake this your daily habit and it will be so much easier to always meditate on the good, and so avoid the perils of worry.

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