Stay on a Positive Path

Any time is the best time to change your perspective on life, or try looking at something differently. Here are a few points you might want to consider thinking about when you feel lost, confused, or simply need a change in mindset. These statements may even help you love yourself better, enabling you to love others even more.

You are not your thoughts.

We often convince ourselves of things that may not even be there. For example, telling yourself that owning a home, finding the right partner, getting that degree. It's scary to think about what is real and what is not, but what is always real is that what you are thinking has nothing to do with the core of who you are. Our minds tend to think of the possibilities, and sometimes consistently pick the most negative one. Make it a habit to throw negative thoughts and words away from the start. Do not allow negative thoughts to grow. When you can't seem to get a negative thought out of your head, repeat the words "I am more than my thoughts, I am not my thoughts." It is your mind that can exaggerates things, and keep you from a having a peace of mind.

Separate yourself from the "I" factor

When I say separate yourself from the "I", I mean detach yourself from an identity. We identify ourselves with positions, names, degrees, etc. This is for the physical realm, which is okay of course because there needs to be organization in our world. Everyday life would be chaos if nothing had a name, or if we didn't put people in positions. However, thinking about it from a different view, what are we really? If we were to get rid of our names, our titles, our involvements... we would be left with just you. The raw, pure, true you. Let's say you can not claim you are apart of something, nor can you describe your physical appearance, and you have no name, how would you describe yourself? The core of who you are, which is essentially just soul, has no identity. Its identity is just you. For the sake of our physical world, certain identifications must be made, but you do not have to truly identify with them. Once this is done, there are so many other things you can be capable of doing to have a happier, and simpler life, such as blocking out negativity, showing greater love towards the world, stopping anger from manifesting into action, and much more.

Do not take anything personal (EVER)

Anything you hear that you apply to yourself is taken personal. If someone says something about you, or tries to insinuate something about your appearance, personality, etc., it wouldn't exist as an insult to you if you don't take it personal. Similar to detaching yourself from the "I", you are detaching yourself from words other people try to impose on you. If you think about it, once you have detached yourself from identity, an outsider has nothing to insult because you've essentially claimed no negative , and you do not believe you are "insert insult here"... point blank. Nothing can hurt you if you do not allow it. This method of taking nothing personal, is by far the best weed-wacker to rid your life of negative people.

Remember that you are love

Love is a diverse word. People define it differently. People have differently meanings for it based on life experiences, based on what they believe, or what they think love is. Some people say you can't define it, but only feel it. So why is love such a word that can't be pinned to an exact definition or explanation. The truth is... love is anything with positive intentions. When you hear the word "love", the first thing that pops in your mind is probably a man and a woman in a relationship, well for narrow-minded people it might be. Love can be a dog excited to you when you come home, or someone giving a homeless person $10 to eat, or the love between siblings, man to man, woman to woman, the love between friends, the love that you have for family members... Love is a pure intention, and pure feeling. You are the epitome if this alone. Before all of the things that you have been through, before you had an identity, and before you called yourself a name, you were solely a pure being that could only love, and be loved. Yes, I'm talking about you, just soul, just energy. We grow up to have our minds become iffy on certain things, after years and years of learning and experiencing so many different things that by the time we are a young adult, we are confused about ourselves, what we stand for, what we want, and what we are. Just remember you are love.

Everything you think and say can be manifested

We've already talked about stopping negative thoughts before they even become developed thoughts, but what would happen if you allowed it to develop? For example, you think about how you want to get in shape. You feel confident in yourself, but you think about how the world is driven by looks, and you want to be in shape because you believe that it will get you more opportunities. You've already put yourself into so many ditches. You put yourself into the "I'm not in shape category'. You've put yourself into the "I am not getting the opportunities I deserve" category. You've put yourself into the "I will never get anywhere unless I look like this" category. This here, is a well developed negative thought. Outside influences can alter our thoughts heavily, such as the media. It is understandable that this mindset would be hard to get rid out of, but it is possible. If further developed, it could turn into something else. Since you fully believe that the reason you are not achieving something is because of your looks, than to be honest, you won't achieve it. You have to believe that you can achieve it, and that it has nothing to do with your looks. If you fully believe that you can achieve it, and you put your heart to it, than there should be no reason you wouldn't. Believe that you have the right personality, the right traits, the right character, the right skills to achieve it. If you don't, then take necessary steps to. build the right skills. You can push away opportunities by allowing negative thoughts to manifest. Create a positive foundation to build upon when you want something, nothing can grow from negativity.

Your mind has no power over you, yet has the power to change everything

This is frightening to think about, but it's really simple to understand and may take some time to get into the habit of. I haven't even mastered this. Understand that your mind is what can hold you back, and spring you forward. Understand that your mind will allow any thoughts, negative or positive, to come through, this is natural, but it's your job to filter them. Your mind will control you if you don't control it. You can control your thoughts while remembering that your thoughts are not who you are. By doing this, you can allow yourself to manifest exactly what you want in life because for one, you have detached yourself from the "I", making it impossible for your ego to shoot through the roof, secondly you've made it impossible for people to penetrate your self-esteem, which means people will give up on trying to hurt you. Once you've realized the powerlessness and the powerfulness of the mind, you're on the path to positivity, and there's no stopping you.