Start a New Thought

We wake up early, and what do we think but about the things that need to be done as soon as our minds turn on for the day. Forget it! Start your day with a prayer of thanks. Thank God that you are alive, that you can love, that you have a bed to sleep on. Then start praising God that you are able to walk, talk, have children (for the most of us), and that you are able to eat. Start thinking positive in everything that happens through out the day. Be happy for the clothes on your back, the food in the refrigerator, and that you are able to think these wonderful things. Some may say that this is selfish or self righteous, it isn't and thinking that why is a very negative output into this world.

How I started with this thinking process was through a man I met up with on the Internet. He told me about three wonderful books and with these books I have learned a valuable lesson. I'm on my way to get what my desires are through my "gifts" that God has given me. As I am reading the last book I am noticing some major changes in my life. Sure, I have been diagnosed with Marfans Syndrome and I am still agoraphobic but my medical conditions don't stop me from being successful. I gain from my medical conditions. I have them for a purpose that only God can explain. Instead of trying to "figure out" the why - I am thanking Him that I am here.

My success is that I have become the writer I have always dreamed of becoming. I finished my first novel and I am writing my second novel now. I have meetings with those who are in advertising. I am soon to have what I thought was never possible. I have things already that I always wanted. With my gift for writing I am helping those out there understand and realize the much bigger picture of reality. I don't think of myself as a selfish greedy person out for the money. The money I make is going into positive investments like my daughter, the Church, my families future. No one can live paycheck to paycheck and we shouldn't think that way. That is a negative thought. We should think better of ourselves and focus on what is now. Now is the time to be happy, now is the time to be new.

How is that possible? Well, I'll tell you. There may be problems, for example; my car is old and it stalls. It needs new tires, an oil change, may be even just needs a replacement all together. No sweat of my forehead. I'm not going to worry about it. In fact, I don't think about it anymore. I focus on what I would like to have. A nice 2007 jeep wrangler with fat tires and in a gleaming color red. Four wheel drive, hard top and has a CD player, air conditioning, and a heater. I thank God for what I do have and in due time I know what I can possibly have. I can dream about driving a red jeep as I am driving the other car. I can go out to the car retailer and focus on the red jeep, sit in it, feel the plush seats beneath me and focus on how I can make the money to get it. Not selfish, not self righteous, I need a new vehicle to get around so that I can go to meetings, do book signings, take my daughter to Church. People need vehicles to do their jobs.

Start thinking positive even when chaos happens. Example; my Aunt has cancer and she went into the hospital. No one told me or my mother about it. My mother was highly upset at this. Here her sister is in the hospital with stage four cancer. Yes, this is dramatic. It causes crying, fatigue, depression. My main focus was not what happened but what we should be doing. No one told my mother, no one had the time or they forgot to call. Don't stress about what happened and focus on what you can do now and do this with positive prayer. Pray for the ones who were panicked, pray for those who forgot to call, and pray for the one on her death bed. Pray that this life wrinkle will be ironed out for the better. Think of going down to the hospital and bring with you a smile. These are the things I do now all because I found a new way of thinking. Nothing has to be drama, miserable, or chaotic. You choose that with the thoughts you have and with the focus of being there in a past dramatic situation. Undo it. Start a new way of thinking.

Start little each day. Wake up in the morning and enjoy that cup of coffee or that pastry. Feel good about being alive today. Enjoy the weather outside the window. Even if it is raining, enjoy the music of the raindrops. Skip the horrible events that occurred in that newspaper today and go straight for the funnies. This world is full of negative things, yes, but you don't have to be negative along with it. Become, believe, and receive - have faith each time you think good things.