Affirmations:
I let go of what no longer serves my happiness and peace.
I undo unhealthy habits with forgiveness and gratitude.
I use my mind for positive and helpful purposes.
I think, speak and behave in integrity with what I believe is good.
Change
Your Mind!
Is you inner tele-vision working?
Are you stuck on
the same channel?
Have you
forgotten how to change what you see?
Are you willing
to get up and change your point of view?
When
you get stuck in negative thinking, change the channel.
When you are fixated
on guilt or regret, change your thinking.
When we are angry
more than a moment, change your viewpoint.
When you are feeling
sorry for yourself, change the channel.
We
have television as a facsimile for the mind.
We used to have only
a few channels and now we have hundreds.
We used to get up to
change and now we have remotes for changing.
Some channels had
static and bad reception and now we mostly see clearly.
What do you want to watch?
How do you want
to feel?
What fascinates
or teaches you?
What excites,
delights or depresses you?
Everything
we view through our mind is like a television channel.
We have the privilege
and responsibility to change what we don’t like.
We can watch a
little or all day.
We can spend years
devoted to everyday programming or see something new.
Our
mind is ours to use anyway we choose.
We need not keep
tuning into what is not good for us.
We need not become
addicted to drama or trauma.
We need to have the
TV 24/7 distracting us from being present.
What
you miss when you watch someone else or somewhere else is what your life gives
you.
When we gossip we
are tuning into another’s reality show.
When we worry, we
are creating a new script for the future.
When we judge, we
are complaining about what is not our show.
How can we let go of these habitual distractions?
Turn off or unplug
or remove your TV for 30 days.
Notice the
withdrawal symptoms and recognize the addiction.
Put aside video
games and computer email, twitter and cell phone.
Notice
how much time you have to create interest and conversation with your family.
Notice how much you
can get done cleaning your house, preparing meals and enjoying meal time.
Notice how your own
mind begins to have its own ideas about what you want to be happy.
Notice how much you
can hear your own words and tone of voice and behavior..
We
can change our mind to something useful, happy, freeing and positive.
We can change our
family life by paying attention to where we are needed to be helpful.
We can experience
the fun of what we can change with our kindness, respect and love.
We can become the
home and family we really want by fully being present with others.
Experiment
in eliminating distractions and creating the experience we want to have.
Loving us all in
unlearning unhealthy habits.
Betty Lue