When you think about it we all have phrases we repeat to ourselves many times a day. I'll admit I have some that are regrettably bad. Driving, having a headache or just a bad day. Those same phases just seem to pop into mind, and oftentimes escape my lips. I bet you know the words and phrases I'm talking about.
I find I periodically- no, regularly- I need an attitude adjustment. Especially when I wake up to find a quote like this one on my computer:
The mantra was to be routinely repeated at the beginning and end of each day. Coué taught that curing some of our troubles requires a change in our unconscious thought which can be achieved by using our imagination. An 'as you think, so will you be' kind of thing. Added to Paul's teaching to the Philippian congregants above, the mantra goes a long way toward effecting an attitude adjustment. So, today whenever those nasty phrases pop into my head, I'll remember to repeat the Coué mantra: Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better. It's a longer and takes more thought than the blankety-blanks that usually pop into my head. But it is infinitely more healing.
I'm sure tomorrow, or even later today, I'll have to repeat the lesson.
So HE'S the one who said that first. I had no idea it came from a psychologist. I actually figured it was from a movie.
ReplyDeleteI don't think saying it affects me or the material world around me (I tried hynosis tapes for a while), but I believe it helps keep you focussed, and that's half the battle. At least it is with me.