Much Of the Battle Is Within Us.

Much of the battle is within us;
For we must overcome the tendency
To be negative, afraid and lazy.

~ I forgot who said it but I'm sure it was a great individual because that is a very wise and true quote.


I have been finding myself lazy to update my blog. I am doing absolutely nothing besides listening music but somehow I keep putting it off cause I don't want to think. While in the mean time my mind is bombarded with negative thoughts which means that in effect I'm actually wasting time and not being productive. Being negative, afraid and lazy are three of the main things that hold us back. Any of the three leads to unproductive behavior. The good news is that we are not stuck with these tendencies forever. They are just bad habits, habits can be changed.
NO ONE SAID IT WOULD BE EASY. BUT IT IS POSSIBLE.

I tend to be negative, most of the time, I'm working on it and I think I am becoming successful.
Negative thinking is a habit. Nothing more. After practicing something for a long enough time, you actually become good at it. Negative thinking is no different. The brain got "good" at the negative thought pattern so now it's like second nature, it just happens. But, of course we can change that! Just like how you practiced negative thinking, you can also start practicing positive thinking. There's is no trick in going from being pessimistic to being optimist. You are the one making the choice. YOU CONTROL YOUR THOUGHTS, THEY DO NOT CONTROL YOU! Simply being more conscious and aware of what you are thinking, then replacing the negative with a positive can make a huge difference. However, this doesn't happen over night. I read somewhere that said " for every negative you need 5 positives" ( or 4 positives ?) I agree, one positive thought replacing a negative one doesn't really help much when you are automatically negative. Act like an optimist and you will ultimately become one. Try it. Go around acting like 'Pollyanna', look for the best in things, eventually that too will become habit. A good one.

Afraid! Who isn't afraid of something? My personal issue is that I am not actually afraid, it's just my mind telling me that I am or creating reasons of why I should be. There was once a time when I was actually afraid, literally fearful. But then I got over it Thank God. A good remedy for fear is Faith. Yup! You are not a religious person, doesn't mean you can't be faithful. In my case, I just prayed and believed, I am from a Christian background. Praying is one of the easiest things you can do to combat fear. "Fear Not For The Lord Is With Thee" I'm not sure of what scripture that is. But it helped! Another way to combat fear is by using Affirmations. Saying positive words out loud, leads to having more positive thoughts in the mind, which leads a great feeling in the body. One affirmation that I got from Susan Jeffers' book 'Feel the Fear... and Do it Anyway is' "I am powerful and I am Loving and I have nothing to fear" and "I let go and I trust" There are a lot of affirmations all over the internet. Just Google it.


LAZY! LAZY!LAZY! I try not to be but...you know. I am going to be completely honest right now, after purchasing and reading all those self- help books I should be like A self-help Guru by now. Really. But guess what, reading the books alone doesn't help. I have to do the exercise and practice what I've learn. Do I do that?...well I try. Step by step, I'll get there. I tend to resist, I know what I should be doing, yoga, meditation, saying my affirmations, praying, or listening to my inspiration audios, all these things make me feel so good when I practice them. As much as I like how it feels, I STILL RESIST. I still haven't come with an explanation for my resistance. I know that I resist meditation because I'm afraid what might come up in my mind, like something that I really don't want to deal with. I know I'm going have to look at whatever it is that I am hiding from myself if I want to get better. It's a bit complicated though. However, I'm growing and learning and I'm getting better and better everyday in every way. Being a resister myself, I can only say that when you feel like resisting....Just Do It! Or think of the rewards in doing what you are resisting to do. The rewards list is always good motivation.


Make a habit of not being negative, not being afraid and not being lazy.
In other words, make a habit of being positive, faithful and productive!
And...YES YOU CAN!

...I just realized that being negative makes you afraid and when you are afraid you don't want to do anything which some would call being lazy. Makes sense?


Word to the Wise: Everything You Do Is A Choice!