Okay, so first of all, I totally stole that line (the title of this post) from a Bacon Brothers song...thank you, Kevin...but it seemed to really fit the topic of today's blog, so I'm sure he won't mind....
We change our minds - quite regularly really, right? Go to a restaurant and have one menu item in mind, then for whatever reason, we decide to order something different. We get all dressed in the morning, and something just isn't 'right', so we change clothes. Hairstyles. Radio stations. TV shows. This flavor, no THAT flavor. How many times a day do we change our minds? I'm sure that there is a fantastic statistic on that somewhere (perhaps I'll look for it another time - or perhaps I won't! LOL), but we all know that we re-decide fairly often, yes? We have one idea, plan, intention, goal, 'favorite' thing - whatever...then at some point, we give ourselves permission to 'pick' something different, and it is absolutely okay...maybe even a great re-decision.
So, that being the case...why is it SO much more difficult to change our minds, when it comes to a thought pattern that doesn't work so well for us?? Lets say that way back, at some point, we decided that we were not _____ enough, or too ______. However, now, in our current enlightened state :-P we clearly see that we are most definitely _____ enough, or just the RIGHT amount of _______. Why is it so hard to change our minds, and really bask in that new understanding?
Lets take Sheila for example. She has spent YEARS telling herself that she's 'just not a morning person'. But now, she wants to start getting up early in the morning, so she can spend some quality meditation time...or time watching the morning news...or time watching the sun rise - whatever it is that she wants to do, needs to be done early in the morning. Why is the transition SO hard to wake up early? Isn't it just a matter of changing one's mind?
Dare I say YES! Yes it is simply a matter of changing your mind. Deciding differently or re-deciding. The mind is a most POWERFUL thing...but we so completely underestimate it! We can change EVERYTHING by simply changing our minds. We've all got examples in our own lives, where we had one idea, impression, opinion, interest, plan, intention, perspective, preference, (college major!), etc...and we changed our mind about it. We all have our own PROOF that you can change your direction, situation, circumstance, opinion, interest, plan, intention, perspecive, habit and on and on...just by changing the mind! Now...this may sound like an insurmountable task, changing your mind about something (or some things) - and I invite you to change your mind about THAT!
Lets play a game today...what are the 2 biggest challenges you face, right now in your life? Write down your 2 biggest (apparent) obstacles, and change your mind about them today. Change how you think of them, or change what they mean to you, or change the very foundation of those obstacles. Just change your thinking, and see how the 'challenges' themselves morph.
PLEASE take a moment and let me know what you're up to today, how you changed your mind, and how it worked for you. If you'd rather not post on this blog, feel free to shoot me an e-mail at Jill@PersonalSummitCoaching.com
Have a spectacular day!
Until next time,
Jill
I wasn't going to post a comment, but then I changed my mind. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of changing my mind about obstacles, but I will really need to give some thought to what they are.
Thanks Jill!
Michele
It's okay to change our minds....there are so many obstacles to change my mind about! Let's see....procrastination would be a major one! New Affirmation: I am getting things completed on a regular basis, even daily! Thanks much, Jill!
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