Power of Attention

​Where you place your attention grows.  This concept has popped up in many different books, emails and meditations I’ve read this summer.  It’s as if the universe is holding up a sign to me, and saying “please stop being so negative to yourself.”
 
Blame it on the summer heat, or my learned behaviors from my childhood, when challenges get tough, I doubt myself.  I second guess.  Then I start saying negative things like “I’m no good at this,” “I wish I were more patient.” I’m sure you have felt this way once or twice in your life.  
 
After reading Dr. Wayne Dyer’s book, Wishes Fulfilled, I started changing the statements I say to myself.  Instead of saying, “I wish I was more compassionate so I could be more patient with my children,” I now say, “I am compassionate.”  And you know what, it works.  I stand a little softer and find myself smiling more as though I were filled with compassion.
 
I’ve outlined Dr. Dyer’s path to fulfilling your wishes, but I do encourage you to pick up his book.
 

1. “Be willing to dream, and imagine yourself becoming all you wish to be.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer. Dream big and let go of any thoughts or past experiences you don’t want to materialize in your wish.  Let it be your dream, and no one else’s.  Don’t imagine another life because you feel it’s the life someone else wants you to have.
2. Create your own “I am” statement.  Refuse to say “I will be or I hope.”  Change the sentence and start with “I am” because you are this and you’re tapping into the universe’s resources.
3. Feel your wish being fulfilled.  For example, if you said “I am smart. I am prosperous. I am employed,” imagine how you’d feel if these had been fulfilled.  Your body would fill with joy, love and happiness.  And this is a great foundation to actually fulfill that wish.
4. Pay attention. Stay focused on your wish and its outcome.  Ignore outside feedback that negatively affects your wish.  
5. Prepare your subconscious for sleep. Your days affect you on a deeper level and can seep into your dreams.  Review the day’s frustrations and allow yourself to digest these feelings of sadness, anger and unhappiness before retreating to bed. Then, return to your imagination, say your “I am” statement and feel your wish being fulfilled. 

 
Positive thinking can alter your path.  Begin with these two little words, “I am.”