Thought Control

Years ago when I was in university I realised that my state of mind could influence my enjoyment of experiences and thus life. I used the crude descrition “one small positive thought snowballs into lots of positive thoughts, and one negative thought spirals into negativity.” i came to this crossroads when I realised that I let little things irritate me to the point of tipping me into a bad mood. if i dropped something on the floor it made me really angry. It wasnt a fun way of living. So i forced myself when i had little setbacks to say “opps! never mind!” with a smile on my face. It took a while but it eventually became second nature. A decade later I still say it.

Now that i have started my life coaching qualifications with ICA, I particularly enjoyed the topic “perspective.” The most powerful sentence in the notes for me was “Your perspective determines your experience in life, not your circumstances.”

When sharing my enthusiasm for this notion, a friend sent me the following link about Luck, and our views on how lucky we are. And you guessed it, if we think we are lucky then good luck soon follows. it is a fascinating read, and will only take a minute or two.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3335275.stm