Dealing With Negative Thoughts
Hello everyone,
"Things wither and die through indifference. They are kept alive through attention." - Neville Goddard
If you are dealing with any negative thought patterns, question whether or not they are serving you. What are they doing to help?
Often negative thought patterns can be assumed to be helping us on some level, but usually they aren't contributing to our wellbeing at all. In fact they are doing just the opposite.
Habits of negative thought can often be like complaints to ourselves. There can be an assumption that the more we inwardly complain about something not being as we want it to be, the more likely we will be able to get what we want. This usually isn't very effective once the thoughts just start repeating themselves in the mind.
Just noticing that negative thought patterns aren't serving to improve yourself or your life, can automatically mean you start to give them less importance. With less importance assigned to them, when you no longer assume they are helpful guides, their strength begins to diminish by itself.
The same can be said for worry. If it is clearly seen that the thoughts of worry aren't helping you to produce a positive result, then naturally they start to weaken by themselves.
Negative thoughts are never enemies, but once they take hold and just go on repeat in the mind - their value and usefulness should be questioned, and questioned with honest curiosity.
Sometimes it can be surprising to discover that a certain way of thinking that you might have been living with for years, actually never helped you at all.
I hope everyone has a good week.
All the best,
Adam Oakley
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