Did you know you can say almost every sentence in positives for the present?
What do I mean by that?!!
Ah, I mean we can make every moment of our lives a positive experience just by the way we talk, especially to ourselves. There are 2 aspects to the language :-
1) Is getting the context about the present correct and
2) Is utilising positive sentences to convey anything.
1) Context of the present: Yes I repeat myself (from previous post) "Past does not exist" What 'happened' happened. It does not have to be the present. For example, if 'in the past' you were never able to grasp maths does not mean you cannot understand it today/now. Every moment is new and the possibility exists to understand maths. So whether it made sense to you in the past or not it can make sense to you today.
So our sentences for the present should be in context of the present. eg. "For me, there was a time maths was difficult to comprehend. Lets see how i do now" instead of "I can never understand math" In the first sentence I have distinguished the past and the present and am giving myself the possibility of understanding math today. In the 2nd sentence I clearly am referring to the past as my present and almost certainly killing the possibility of understanding maths.
2) Positive language: Its about framing the sentence conveying what you have to say but saying it differently i.e. positively. We could compare it to something in English Grammar; Changing the Voice "The cat chased the mouse" to "The mouse was chased by the cat". What I see in this sentence is the focus shifts from cat in the 1st sentence to the mouse in the 2nd sentence. Similarly we can take the spot light off the negative from our sentences and shine it on the positive. A couple of simple examples :
i) "I will not be unhappy" --> to --> "I will be happy"
Here in the 1st part I am focussing on "not" being something, (in this case being unhappy).
In the 2nd part I am focussing on being something (in this case happy)
In 1st part, I remind myself unhappy exists
In 2nd part, I am talkin only about happiness
In 1st part, I imply that 'unhappy' is the normal way and have to not be it (conflict with normal)
In 2nd part, I imply that 'happy' is the normal way and set my self to be it i.e. goal (join the flow)
I compare this to 'I want to be a doctor' and 'I dont want to be an engineer '. Doctor is specific, 'not an Engineer' is vague and does not imply you want to be a Doctor. No directions mean likelihood of getting lost.
ii) "I am not sure what to do" --> to --> "I need to decide what to do"
Here again the difference is in the two sentences is about giving direction. Both sentences mean 'i have not decided what is the next step' But the effective difference in the 2nd sentence is I am positively saying what needs to be done instead of leaving oneself in the "not sure" zone.
This initially needs concious effort ...but soon it will be your language ...your attitude ...life is beautiful see it that light . These 2 steps in speaking the Language of positivity has made life positive and progressive for me. I recommend it. You can only gain. (instead of you have nothing to lose) :-)
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
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