Exercise Your Mind, Like You Would Your Body

by Anne Bellamy, Author of Using The Law of Attraction to Help The Universe Help You

It's a New Year, and while many people have made the resolution to lose weight by exercising the body, not as many people have resolved to be happier by exercising their mind.  While it is important to have a healthy body, it is even more important to have a  healthy mind.  Instead of going for a run today, while not sit down and have some meditation time?  Simply sit, close your eyes and count your breaths.  Take a time out.  Relax.  Then, when your ready, start another fun exercise with the mind: Visualization.  Picture yourself how you want to be, and feel it happening to you.  Do you feel a smile on your face?  Even, perhaps a little teardrop falling from your eye?  That is the power of visualization. Your mind is believing what it is seeing, what you are telling it to see, and your emotions are corresponding to that.  Plant those happy visions in your mind.  When you believe it, you will feel it and when you feel it, you will see it.  

Your First Instinct

by Anne Bellamy, Author of Using The Law of Attraction to Help The Universe Help You

All you have to do today is think one happy thought and hold that thought for a few minutes.  Go on, give it a try.  Daydream for a few minutes.  Think of something that puts a smile on your face. Think of something that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.  Think of a memory or a time in your life when you were blissfully happy.  We all have those moments.  Dig for it.  Remember it and feel it again.  Dwell on it for a few minutes. Do the same thing tomorrow except spend a little more time doing it.  Build up every day the amount of time you spend doing this.  Little by little it will become second nature.  That's a bit funny, actually, because it's your first instinct to do this!  You had it before you were born, and you knew it.  Now it's your job to remember it.

Dwell on Positives

by Anne Bellamy, Author of Using The Law of Attraction to Help The Universe Help You

The way you feel is as important as what you think about.  Your emotions will take you to many happy places if you let them.  You thoughts will transport those emotions and make sure they get you to your destination.  Search for thoughts that make you happy.  Just do it.  Take the time to spend on yourself.  Are you not worth it?  Answer your own questions and quiet your mind.  All the answers are there, if you listen for them.  Quite a lot of time is spent dwelling on negatives.  Buck the trend.  Be a pioneer.  Dwell on positives.  And watch your emotions soar.  When that happens, watch for good things to happen, for they will.