POWER THOUGHTS. You are what you think!

How to use POWER THOUGHTS to get what you want

I have a question for you:

Q: Have you ever woken up and everything just seems to be going wrong? The alarm doesn’t go off, the shower hasn’t got any hot water, someone’s taken the last teabag, you look in the mirror and 4 years of drinking diet coke and eating cardboard ryvita’s still hasn’t caused any weight loss? Then for the rest of the day it just gets worse and you say to yourself “It’s one of those days, I’m gonna have a bad day today”. Have you experienced anything remotely close to that?
We all know this but there is now evidence showing that our thoughts are merely a pre-cursor to our actions. What do I mean by that? Well, every single action we take originated from somewhere (believe it or not!), everything we do we had to have had a thought about doing first. Every time we think a thought chemical reactions happen in our brain, some thoughts disappear some thoughts develop and manifest into what type of hormones we produce and our result in feelings and physical actions.

So if thoughts are real, could this mean then that the type of thoughts we choose to have and more importantly how we react to those thoughts determines how we feel from one moment to the next and consequently our actions? Wouldn’t it be nice to be in control of how we feel all the time?!

Let me give you an example of how real thoughts are:
Close your eyes, and imagine you have a big juicy, ripe lemon in your hand. Now I want you to imagine sinking your teeth into it and taking a great big bite out of it!

Notice anything? Any more saliva being produced in your mouth than normal? But where’s the lemon?? What has just happened is that your body has produces a real physical response to a thought of something that doesn’t even exist!

So if this is true, could it be that what we focus on determines our actions and to an extent the results we get? Have you ever met someone who always seems to have all the luck or always lands on their feet? It has been shown that people who are positive and focus on what they want more often than not achieve them. By focus I mean they keep asking themselves the right questions. So instead of:

“How come I’m so fat and nothing works?!”
They say “How can I find a better way to lose weight? Who’s been there, done it and knows what they’re doing? And how can I make it fun?”

If we ask our brain lousy questions it will answer us:
You: “Why can’t I ever lose weight?”
Brain: “Because you’re a big fat lazy slob who eats custard slices from Greggs every night!”

So asking yourself better quality questions is one way of making sure your focusing on the right things. Another way which is ridiculously beneficial and made a massive difference in my life is keeping a grateful log. Here’s how it works:

- At the end of the day write down (on paper not a computer!) five things that you are grateful for.
Writing the grateful log can instantly change our focus. It makes us think and become aware of the things that we are grateful for in our lives and the things we have enjoyed that day. I know this sounds very ‘New Age’ but when we think of the good we are so lucky to have it relaxes us, our body releases the ‘feel good’ hormones and we forget about the stress and strains that all too often fill our heads, especially around bed time (ever gone to bed with a head full of the things on your ‘to do’ list swimming round?!)

What we focus on determines our actions which determines our current state. So in short, if your current state is not your ideal one then learning to change your focus is for you. The grateful log, like prayer and journalling can really help release tension from the day which in turn allows you to relax and sleep better (anyone find this a challenge as well?!) So give the grateful log a go this week and just watch what happens…..!