3 Words That Changed My Life
Posted: December 22nd, 2011 | Filed under: Internet Marketing | Comments Off
Many years ago I was struggling financially. I couldn’t afford to pay all my bills, never had extra money, and was always having to cut corners and cover bounced checks. If you’ve ever been in that position then you know how financial problems can carry over into other areas of your life as well. I was irritable, stressed, emotionally tired. I had less energy and time because I spent a lot of my time figuring out how to shift money around to keep checks from bouncing or jumping though the numerous hoops you have to jump through when you’re broke. When it came down to it, I never seemed to have enough money.
Then I changed. I made a major shift in my thinking. Looking back on it, it’s perfectly clear how my thinking was keeping me in that state of lack. After watching a movie called “The Secret” I was inspired to do something. Although I don’t agree with a lot of what’s in that movie, I do think it has some truths in it, and it brought back to my attention how important your thoughts are in your life, and how what you think is what you’ll experience.
After watching the movie I got a manila file folder. I wrote on it “More Than Enough”. Then I put all my bills in it. My reasoning was that each time I put a bill inside the folder, whether it was true or not, I was going to associate the thought of having more than enough to pay it. This was in steep contrast to my normal thoughts surround my bills, thoughts of worry, lack, fear, and stress.
My thinking changed IMMEDIATELY. In fact, I wasn’t even aware of the many negative and “state of lack” thought habits I had until I created my folder. One instance I remember distinctly was when I went to do laundry. I clearly remember my mind was in its old routine and I thought to myself “I better run the shorter wash cycle that uses less water” and I thought in a negative and worried way “I wonder what the bill is going to cost me?” After that thought I immediately caught myself and said to myself “Wait a second, enough with that negative thinking and worrying about not having enough”. I purposely changed my thinking like this over and over again.
Over time as my thoughts changed from lack to abundance I began to see and experience just how much my thinking was keeping me in that state of lack. In fact, since the very day I created that folder and began to change my thinking I’ve ALWAYS has MORE than enough to pay every bill that’s gone into it.
I don’t believe there was anything magic that happened by creating a folder and writing some words on it. And of course there was plenty of common sense I had to follow. For example I still had to budget, be smart with my money, etc. However, what I didn’t do was entertain my old negative and lack focused thoughts anymore. The less I had of those thoughts the less they became my reality. It also made me think and act in a way that was abundant.
The key for me was that I changed the way I thought. Change the way you think and slowly but surely you can change your entire life.