Changing your Stars - how to get back (and stay) on the Positivity Wagon

I had grand plans for today's blog post. My third installment in my Change your Stars series, it was meant to be a supportive and encouraging ego boost. I wanted to let you know that changing your whole life will not be free of discouragement and disappointment, but that we could see it through.


Then the day started happening.


This afternoon i sit here exhausted, defeated, and insecure. I'm looking at brochures for assistive technology and thinking of how very expensive it is, and what a struggle it would be to conduct business even with that fancy equipment.


Please, friends, don't let me be a hypocrite. As sure as I am sitting here getting ready to tell you to stay positive, I begin to start slipping. I guess it is the perfect time to practice what I preach.


Our friends and loved ones are biased in our favor - they are the ones who tell us they're proud of us, that we are doing great, and that things are going to be ok.
In our heads we are saying "yeah, right." And rolling our eyes at the sweet little lies.


Yesterday we talked about the power of positive words, and I intend to carry that forward into everything else I write. Positive words are powerful - positive *thoughts*, however, are the power that the words wield.


It's time to examine your thoughts. If you don't have any, you're not looking hard enough. Thoughts are there, though they are not always words. Images, sounds, smells, tastes, ideas and concepts - all these influence us to our very core.


So what are you thinking? I am thinking of all the hard work I don't want to do. The wheedling and pride-denying that goes along with building a business are particularly off-putting for me. I'm thinking in so many impulses about how much easier and softer it would be for me to just stay right where I am.


That is the oubliette. It is the prison to end all prisons, the hell heretofore unimagined --- complacency.


Complacency and negative thoughts will never give you your dreams on a silver platter. Neither will gambling away your life and your standards.


Instead, take it one aching step at a time into an energetic and bright world filled with strength borne of hope, joy, and positive thoughts.


I *want* to be a business owner and a leader.
I *can* be that and more.
It *will* be difficult, but I am up to the task.
I can have a life I enjoy, am proud of, and will pass on to my children.


Now it is your turn. Take a sheet of paper and, in your own handwriting,make your list of positive thoughts. Include the words "can",  "will", and "do". Their negatives can be eliminated for the time being. We can be aware of them without letting them interfere with our progress.


You CAN change your stars, placing each constellation of your life in an order that makes you truly happy.


I feel so much better now.  Thanks, everyone!


*You can share photos of your handwritten lists below or email them to me at fraziercheralynn@gmail.com*