How do I stop my negative thoughts?

There are no coincidences right? So when I saw the below in my email this morning it not only helped me out alot but made me smile. I've been in alot of pain lately due to what they think is a spur on my spine in the upper left part of my neck. I'm going for an MRI soon to find out exactly what it is, but of course negative thoughts have been flowing throughout my brain as to what this could be (other then a spur) and I've had countless nightmares about it. The past couple of days negative thoughts have filled my brain because of this and then there's a few other things as well rolling around in there.

After everything I've read this year and how great I was feeling, it's amazing how quickly you can forget what you've learned and "fall" back into being sad or depressed or just having negative thoughts. So the email below couldn't have come at a better time!

A Secret Scrolls message from Rhonda Byrne
Creator of The Secret

"How do I stop my negative thoughts?" - is a question that I have been asked many times. If you have ever asked this question then you will feel such enormous relief in knowing the answer, because it is so simple. How do you stop negative thoughts? You plant good thoughts!

When you try to stop negative thoughts, you are focusing on what you don't want - negative thoughts - and you will attract an abundance of them. They can never disappear if you are focused on them. The "stop" part is irrelevant - the negative thoughts are your focus. It doesn't matter if you are trying to stop negative thoughts or control them or push them away, the result is the same. Your focus is on negative thoughts, and by the law of attraction you are inviting more of them to you.

The truth is always simple and it is always easy. To stop negative thoughts, just plant good thoughts! Deliberately plant good thoughts! You plant good thoughts by making it a daily practice to appreciate all the things in your day. Appreciate your health, your car, your home, your family, your job, your friends, your surroundings, your meals, your pets, and the magnificent beauty of the day. Compliment, praise, and give thanks to all things. Every time you say "Thank you" it is a good thought! As you plant more and more good thoughts, the negative thoughts will be wiped out. Why? Because your focus is on good thoughts, and what you focus on you attract.

So don't give any attention to negative thoughts. Don't worry about them. If any come, make light of them, shrug them off, and let them be your reminder to deliberately think more good thoughts now.

The more good thoughts you can plant in a day, the faster your life will be utterly transformed into all good. If you spend only one day speaking of good things and saying "Thank you" at every single opportunity, you will not believe your tomorrow. Deliberately thinking good thoughts is exactly like planting seeds. As you think good thoughts you are planting good seeds inside you, and the Universe will transform those seeds into a garden of paradise. How will the garden of paradise appear? As your life!

May the joy be with you,

Rhonda Byrne
The Secret... bringing joy to billions

-Kim

The Power of Now!

Last week while waiting for Sean to get out of surgery I finished up the book A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle and it was perfect timing. It made me feel so relaxed and has given me new ways to deal with life, people and situations in general. I felt rejuvenated after reading that and like a new person with a new outlook on life. I felt like I found another part of "home" just like I did when I went to my church for the first time last year and just like I did after reading my other favorite book Ishmael by Daniel Quinn or also like I did after watching The Secret.

I eventually am going to reread this book and will go over it chapter by chapter right here on this blog. But that will have to wait because while reading A New Earth, it kept referencing another book he'd written before this one called The Power of Now. I just got this one in the mail today and I am so excited to get started reading it.

I recommend any of these books to everyone! But, you have to be in a certain place in your life; you have to be ready for them. If, while starting to read any of them you can't get into the
book(s) or think "this is all fluff and stuff" or anything along those lines, you're not ready. It doesn't mean you never will be, just that you're not at the place you need to be at this time of your life to begin this new "state of consciousness" where we leave our egos behind.

-Kim

Exercise #3

In light of it being the holiday season and everyone have very little time on their hands, Kim and I decided that we'd have a two-week exercise that is relatively easy to complete.

Borrowed again from The Secret, we've decided to get "gratitude rocks" to carry with us. They don't have to be ornate, so I'm going to use some of the rocks I have currently. The premise behind this exercise is easy: Every time you touch the gratitude rock you give "thanks" to the gifts you have in your life. You may choose to hold a rock when you're upset and need a reminder of the good, you may touch it by accident and have to call forth something spur-of-the-moment, but the idea is that you have a reminder with you; a tangible piece of matter that may very well change your mindset for the better! Remember: There is great power in being grateful!