Changes - Part II

Your homework this week is based on last week’s homework. Yes, you can go back and do last week’s homework if you missed it. I have bumped up that thread so it is easier to find.
Pick one or more of the things you said you would like to add, reduce, change or let go of and write a positive affirmation for that to happen.
Here are some tips to help with the process.

1. It Must Be Positive
Affirmations must be positive. If you want to be confident, for example, say, “I am confident today.” not “I am no longer negative.”

2. It Must Be Said and Felt with Passion and Power
When we state our affirmations with power and conviction, we begin the process of internalizing the positive statements that we tell ourselves. If we feel that what we tell ourselves is true in the present, we are opening our energies to accept our affirmations as true in the present.
Affirmations must be said with positive feelings and with energy. They have to be stated so they are felt in your body.
If you really do not believe what you are affirming, and you sincerely want it to be true, then give it “lip service.” Act as if you believe it. If you “act as if” enough times, you will come to believe it to be true.
Think It You are recording your thoughts as you think them.
Feel It Write it or type it so you can feel it with your hands. Feel the pen or pencil or keyboard with your fingertips when you write it ten tims a day for 21 days.
Hear It Say it aloud.
Smell It Be aware of the smell of the paper, the ink or the computer or typewriter.

3. It Must Be said in the Present Moment
State affirmations as if they are happening and real NOW. Do not say this will happen because this is denying its existence in the now. By telling ourselves it is real now, it is becoming real in our subconscious. The subconscious does not know if something is happening in reality or happening in our minds.

4. It Must Be Possible
I cannot affirm that I am a famous opera singer because I can’t carry a tune in a bucket.

5. It Must Be Personal
The affirmation must be personal. We can only affirm for ourselves. We must remember that we can not change anyone else.

These five elements must be repeated. They work with repetition. Affirmations must be repeated for them to become a part of us. Countless experiments have proven that change occurs within 21 days when we repeat our affirmation at least ten times each day. And yes, it has to be 21 consecutive days. If you miss a day, start over with your count.

(Homework the last couple of weeks has been brought to you from a book by Ruth Fishel titled “Change Almost Anything in 21 Days”)

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Originally posted by BrenauMom:
(Homework the last couple of weeks has been brought to you from a book by Ruth Fishel titled “Change Almost Anything in 21 Days”)

I was about to ask what book the homework came from because Part II sounds like what I've been reading for the past few weeks--The Secret by Rhonda Byrne.