#1: YOU ARE INSANE

What is that definition of insanity? You keep doing the same thing over and over and getting the same result. What if I told you that is how you are hard wired? You do 96% of what you do habitually! That is astounding. That does not even feel remotely freeing.

How can we switch that around so that it becomes a statement of power instead of powerlessness? There is that 4% we can work with. Aha! That feels better. Lets take a look at what determines these habitual actions.

Why do we do something over and over again until it becomes a habit? Our actions are determined by our attitudes, which of course are a result of our beliefs. What is a belief? I say this over and over and over because it is the secret of how we create everything. A belief is just a thought that we think over and over. That is the most powerful statement. It bears repeating. A belief is just a thought we think over and over.

Do you listen to your mind? Do you believe your mind? Where do those thoughts come from? Would you allow anyone else to speak to you the way your mind does? Have you ever stopped to think that those automatic negative thoughts are just that? Automatic!!! They come in on autopilot. They started a long time ago. Perhaps from a frustrated parent, a less than nurturing teacher, a best friend that wasnt a friend after all. A seed was planted, you believed it and wheeeee, it was off and running. You have continued this self talk for years. It took on a life of its own. On and on, year after year. It sounded something like this: I will never amount to anything; I am so unlucky; I cant do that; I feel so ashamed; I cant believe I did that; I am so stupid! Oh, pardon me. Did you really think those were YOUR thoughts? You thought you invented them? They are not so original. In fact they go back generations.

So you continued to think those thoughts, you claimed them, repeated them over and over and then they became a belief. They determined your attitude. Your attitude determined your actions. How does a loser behave? How does someone with low self-esteem behave? How does someone who has given up a long time ago behave? This behavior then becomes a habit. All of this is happening on a sub-conscious level.

No wonder you are insane. You have not stopped doing what you do (over and over again) long enough to take inventory. You are just acting out the habits that were created by beliefs a long time ago.

Here is the good news. You have choice. You can determine what you think. You can CHOOSE to think empowering thoughts. What if you became so aware of your thoughts that you became like a detective? What if you started to question your thoughts when they appeared? (Which is just what they do, they appear, just like the wind, or snowflakes.) What if you became committed to choosing the thoughts that felt good? What if you created self talk that served you? You have the power to make changes and live the life you desire. It all begins with thought.

It is time to create new beliefs. Think empowering thoughts over and over and create those beliefs that support you and nurture you. You can do it. Your thoughts are the one thing that you do control. It is time to become sane!

Oh, now it makes perfect sense! IF, I think empowering thoughts, over and over again they become a belief. IF I believe I am smart, successful, funny, you name it I will behave in that manner. I will create habits that support, serve and empower me. Then my habitual behavior, which is 96% of what I do, will create success. Wow!!!

Eureka! The secret is out. My thoughts do create my reality. I can choose my thoughts. Choose sanity. Clean up your mind.