“Affirmations are not meant to contradict or try to change your feelings or emotions. It is important to accept and experience all your feelings, including so-called “negative “ ones without attempting to change them. At the same time, affirmations can help you create a new point of view about life which will enable you to have more and more satisfying experiences from now on.” Shakti Gawain

I don’t know about you, but when I started doing affirmations, I had an inner voice that would say, “yeah right you are”, or “you are not.” And, I began to wonder if I was just trying to convince myself of something I wasn’t. And, was I essentially denying the “truth?”

But as Shakti Gawain says, “you create a new point of view about life.” So, the so-called truth is only my truth. Someone else could say the exact same words and get a totally different experience/truth.

There are a variety of viewpoints one can take on any given situation. It can rain and someone can get depressed and upset that it ruined their hair or their plans. Or another viewpoint could be that it is fun, and you go out and dance and play in the rain and have the best time ever. And, you are so happy that it rained so you could have fun. Which one would you choose? ;)

I believe that affirmations are fabulous to stimulate our minds to look for a different viewpoint, one that “will enable us to have more and more satisfying experiences.” I know I want to have as many satisfying experiences as I can every day! :)

So, for me affirmations rock! I love them, and I use them frequently. The more that I use them the more that I start to see what I am affirming show up in my life. This doesn’t happen over night. We have habitual thought patterns that take work and time to change. But, it is worth the journey!

Some of my favorites are: I love myself. I accept myself. I am happy. Get to affirming baby! :)