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My first ever affirmations, consist of words I still use today, I don’t know where they came from as I wasn’t older than fourteen. But these words still carry the same impact as they did when I was a girl… “I am the master of my own destiny, I am strong, I am independent.” Choose three affirmations that help you today, and that would have supported the younger you of years ago and nurture your ‘old’ self into the new person you are becoming.
It was at this young age I had discovered the power of positive affirmations – by complete accident!
New Self
Belief Free your negative thoughts with the power of affirmations
Author: J P Martin
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hen I was a child I never actually knew what an affirmation was, but one day I decided that I had to say something to myself as a kind of pep talk… I’m not certain what it was about that particular day… but I often got nervous going to school after the weekend or holidays – there were various reasons for this feeling of anxiety; would I still have people to talk to? Did I remember how to do my subjects? Would I stick out for the wrong reasons? Things many young people, and indeed adults face nowadays returning to a study or workplace, or when starting at new institutions or organisations. It was at this young age I had discovered the power of positive affirmations – by complete accident! I felt some internal need to be kind to myself because this wasn’t really happening externally from those around me… I had to somehow instill self-belief and confidence, because I missed that lesson along the way.
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How do Affirmations work: If we are told something about ourselves enough times then we begin to believe it and eventually we begin to be it… This is why verbal bullying or nasty comments are so detrimental. Affirmations focus on positive aspects about one’s self. When we say positive affirmations, we may not initially believe them to be true, but if we focus and repeat, then we will take them on as fact, because subconsciously our minds connect to our bodies and to our belief systems and other stuff we probably don’t even know about; and as a result, definite positive shifts are made, which reflect the positive affirmations, all as if by magic. Affirmations are most effective when written in first person, as when you read them or recite them, you are literally telling yourself new beliefs about yourself. When I use affirmations in my teachings, I purposely avoid any negative words, because I want to breed the positive amongst every one that reads or hears them.
Examples of simple, but effective daily affirmations are: I know I can. I am a confident, strong individual. I love my self, and I love others.
It is important to really feel the impact of the positive words in your heart’s centre – not just in your mind. So being aware of the sensation the words create within you at the same time as reciting the words will lead to obvious shifts within your belief system.
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