Imagination
Use
Your Imagination to Create the Self You Want By: Gerri D Smith
"Every
prayer - every thought, every statement, every feeling - is creative.
To the degree that it is fervently held as truth, to that degree
will it be made manifest in your experience."
-Neale
Donald Walsch
In
your business and in your personal life, if your mind was a huge,
blank sheet of paper, what would you fill the space with? Would
you use it to create positive or negative thoughts?
Using
your mind as a blank sheet of paper gives you the chance to create
new goals, and to reach for new heights. A blank page gives you
an important guide that pushes you toward self motivation and inspiration.
You
can change your blank page at any time. Your God given imagination
is there for your to use to create the business and personal life
you want. You can create a new beginning. It's your choice and not
anyone else's. You can use it to erase any negative thoughts, feelings,
or opinions.
When
someone tells you you can't do something, can you separate the fact
of their statement from their opinion? Use your imagination to create
a better, more useful outcome. Understanding that there is a great
distinction between the two
may decide your success or failure.
How
valuable is their opinion? What is the truth behind the statement?
Being able to determine the difference between facts and opinions
when you hear them is important. Always consider the cost of having
someone else's opinion prevent you from doing something that is
not based on facts. Do the facts out-weigh the
opinions? Or, are the opinions more important than your desire to
be the self you want?
This
is like knowing that just because it's raining outside, it doesn't
have to be a bad day. One is fact; the other is an opinion. Use
this guidance whenever you find yourself hesitating to make a decision
in your business or in your personal life.
When
someone gives you a negative opinion, you can accomplish more by
not getting discouraged. Knowing that an opinion is nothing more
than a comment of what, or how, a person feels and believes, is
also important. Most of the time, it is not what they know to be
true.
Where
does imagination come from when you need it? Imagination plays a
big part in creating your self-confidence. Try filling your mind
with thoughts of not letting other people's negative voices affect
your self-confidence. Develop an attitude of not letting their negative
opinions or actions destroy your self-esteem.
Another
good defense mechanism would be to build up a series of little successes.
Even small successes will build the confidence and self esteem that
you need for bigger and better successes in your business and your
personal life. Then you're more armed to deflect the negative opinions
that come your way.
Imagine
yourself succeeding. With the little successes that you accomplish,
remember to give yourself credit to feel good about them. Prepare
your mind for the bigger successes. Then, build on the confidence
and the strength that comes from succeeding.
Use
your imagination to succeed and to create the self you want. After
all, imagination is the power of the mind to form images - good,
bad, or indifferent; positive, loving, or negative; funny, sad,
or happy. Which ones do you choose?
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Gerri
D Smith is publisher and host of multiple Gateways to inspiration,
motivation, and information for individuals, small business owners,
and entrepreneurs. Gerris internet business resource creates
ways for you to unlock the doors to success and money. To help you
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