by Cassie Howard | Sep 6, 2017 | Blogging |
When you show up every day EXPECTING everything to work perfectly for you, it’s not so surprising when it does. And yet, you tend to wake up and start your day with negative thoughts, don’t you? “It’s freezing!” “I don’t want to get up yet!” “Ugh, I’m starving!” “It’s too dark!” “I really don’t feel like ______ today!” You’ve set the tone for the day. You’ve told the universe you don’t want, nor do you expect, things to be awesome and perfect. And so as you carry on for the rest of the day, you find other things to complain about. It’s actually become REALLY easy to find things to complain about! You see them and recognize them all over the place. And you bring awareness to them by pointing them out and physically complaining about them (even if it’s just in your head). But don’t you know that what you focus on is what you will create more of? Don’t you know that in order for you to be truly happy and to have things ALWAYS working out in your favor, you must recognize and give loads of attention to the things that make you feel GOOD? (And believe it or not, many of these things are happening each day, you just don’t acknowledge them.) When you wake up - “I’m so excited for another day on Earth!” When you drink your coffee - “This coffee is going to give me so much energy!” When you eat your lunch - “This pasta salad is freakin’ delicious!” When you’re online - “I LOVE using social media so much!” When you’re going...