Empower Newsletter – August 2016
Welcome to the August 2016 edition of the Empower Newsletter. This month the focus is on seeing things going well in your life rather than think the worst.
Do you know?
‘everything will be okay’
A couple of days ago I was stepping up to sit on a concrete picnic table when I lost my balance and fell. My first instinct was to jump up straight away and say I was okay without even assessing the situation. Lucky for me I was fine!
What’s your first instinct after you fall? Do you automatically jump up and say you are okay without even knowing if you are or not, or do you stay there waiting to see and assessing if and where you are hurt?
Whatever your answer I wonder if it’s the same as your outlook and expectations about life? For example when you are preparing for a job interview do you see yourself going well or do you think about all the different things that are going to go wrong?
Do you automatically think things are going to go well and you are going to do well or do you usually think the worst?
If you think the worst and you believe it holds you back by paralysing you moving forward or even stopping you making decisions, it will help you to start shifting your thinking by looking at past experiences and seeing that the thoughts and outcomes you imagined never eventuated. The voice in our head can conjure up some horrible scenarios that’s for sure, all of which never usually happen.
Looking at the worst case scenario may also help. ‘How?’ I hear you say. Well by acknowledging what you believe is the worst that could happen allows you to move on knowing that if that did happen everything would be okay.
For example if you wanted to buy a home or an investment property, by thinking the worst that could happen, which could be that you lose your job and have to sell it, can bring peace of mind that you will be okay.
It will take a little practice to automatically see situations and events in your life as going well but eventually it will become natural.
What do you have to lose?
Definition
Okay
1. All right; proceeding normally; satisfactory or under control.
2. Doing well or in good health; managing adequately.
Something to Ponder
“My father taught me that you can read a hundred books on wisdom and write a hundred books on wisdom, but unless you apply what you learned then its only words on a page. Life is not lived with intentions, but action.”
~ Shannon L. Alder ~
Quotes of the Month
“The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was and the present worse than it is.”~ Marcel Pagnol ~
“Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.” ~ John Lennon ~
Affirmation Corner
‘I know everything will be okay.’
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