What do I mean when I say we take charge and control our emotions? I mean this; our emotions are all valuable and part of us. Each and every emotion is a valuable and meaningful. Whether we consider an emotion positive or negative all of them are what being human is about. They are all wonderful even the not so wonderful ones! Why is that you ask? You may not believe what I just mentioned. You might even disagree but all of our emotions are useful and necessary.

Continued from: The Power of Thinking Positive! How To Make Your Thoughts Work For You Parts 1- 6

Our emotions are valuable because they are indicators. Each one is a signal for us as to where we are and what we are experiencing. They signal us what direction we are moving in. They let us know whether we are moving closer or further away from our goals and desires.

When we feel good inside ourselves, we are open and allowing, we are permitting and inviting, we are energetically attracting more wonderful thoughts and feelings. When we feel happy and joyful we are on the right track to getting what we want. We are available and receptive. The goal for us is to be feeling this way most of the time.

When we feel poorly or bad, we are either stuck or resisting. Either we are not moving forward but stuck somewhere on the pathway or we are resisting letting anything come to us. We have shut down the flood gates. We are moving away from our goals and desires. We are stuck or we have blocked the flow. We are attracting or creating more of the same all the while we are thinking and feeling the negativity.

Once we understand this it means that we can monitor where we are on the path. If we get off course we can make the necessary adjustments to get back on track. The feelings are a signal that we need to return our focus to the positive.

Whenever you feel less than glorious you have the opportunity recognize that something is amiss. The feeling you had is a signal. Use the signal.  Explore and examine what you are thinking about, shed light on it. Perhaps, you are resisting some thought, or some person, or performing some action. What were you focused right before the feelings alerted you? What are you focusing on as you have the feelings?

Keep in mind that whatever we resist persists. SO when you become aware that you are feeling less than glorious you want to begin to change it.  You want to nudge yourself back into neutral and then into feeling good. You can get back on track. If there are blocks or worries or fears or any negativity you have the opportunity to release these and move forward. This is great news and it is easy to do.

Negative emotions are great in that they let us know that we need to change something in that moment. We can get back on track to feeling good do and continue to move on track toward what it is we want.

A negative or bad circumstance is a blessing! It lets you know instantly what you do not want. Once you know what you don’t want it is important to focus on what you DO want instead.

Negative events (something bad happens) ARE unwanted so clarify what you do want. Define what you want instead.  Put your energy and attention on what it is you want and keep it there. Let go of what happened and what you don’t want and focus on what you do.

For some people  a problem or a disaster is the impetus for them to become successful. (Success may mean wealth, health, family, relationships anything at all). Bad news often precedes great change.

There are countless examples of very wealthy, healthy, successful people who overcame great challenges, horrible life events, failure, bad family and upbringing and the worst of all possible situations who used the negative to propel them into the positive. They closed the door on disaster and sought success because they knew precisely what they wanted to have.

Our less than glorious emotions and circumstances, negative events and people can be the trigger for us to decide to move from what we want to avoid and toward what we  want instead.

These helps us clarify. Some people have trouble stating what it is they want. The say, ‘I don’t want to be broke!’   These same people think they ARE thinking positive when they say “I don’t want to be broke’. They aren’t.  When they think, “I don’t want to be broke’,  BROKE is the focus. You don’t get rich focusing on not having money, lack, and disappointment.

What they need to focus on and hold in their mind is not thoughts of being broke but thoughts of having plenty.  They now know what it is they don’t want so they need to turn their back on it and begin to think and focus on what they DO want. They need to think, ‘I want to be financially free. I want money to do whatever I want whenever I want.’ or similar thoughts to these.

Most people are not aware when they are thinking less than glorious thoughts.  Hooray, this is why we have the feeling! They let us know when we went from thinking positive to not thinking positive. They signal us that we changed something inside us and are off track.

If we are thinking ‘I don’t want to be broke’ and we feel bad then that is a signal to focus on wealth creation instead. The bad feeling is saying “HEY HUMAN!!!! This is not working to get you want you want’ YES, YOU, I AM TALKING TO YOU! FEEL THIS”.

And the human feels worse, then thinks worse thoughts and feels worse even more because the unconscious servo mechanism goes. ‘Oh okay this is what you are feeling strongly about – BROKE – okay we will bring you more broke and more feelings. Happy to oblige!’. The servo mechanism doesn’t know you don’t want BROKE, it can’t tell you don’t want broke, because, after all, that is what occupies your attention. SO you get even more of it.

You attract and create whatever you want AND whatever you don’t want based on what you are thinking and feeling most of the time. SO if you are feeling bad most of the time, guess what. THIS is why the goal is to feel good most of the time. To feel alive and delighted and joyful and ecstatic. Then the servo mechanism obliges and you create more good feelings and positive energy!

We will always have negative and positive thoughts. We will never eliminate all negative thinking (most likely) but we can replace the negative thoughts with more positive ones. We become mostly positive and mostly feeling good most of the time. When we feel otherwise it is that signal to help get us back on track. So be greateful to that signal. Say, ‘thank you for showing me I was off base’.

When you car breaks down and one or two things are wrong keep in mind that most of it is fine. 98 percent of it works well. Once you fix what needed attending to you can move ahead again.

When you find yourself encountering something you don’t want or don’t like keep in mind there is so much more going on in the world, your world around you, that is fine and going well! Once you find a solution you will continue moving forward. Do not get caught up in the drama of circumstances. Look for something to be grateful about instead.

No matter what is going on when things are crumbling around you what you can’t see in those moments are all the great wonderful things that are simultaneously occurring. Because you are looking at the negative circumstances you are missing all the positive ones.

Train yourself to turn and look at those things you appreciate, that you are thankful for right then.  When you are fighting the battle with the negative circumstances you are resisting and blocking. You need to open the flow and the blessings.

In order to have the flow you have to begin to shift back toward feeling good. This is of the easiest means of shifting focus and feelings in addition to taking a walk, get some exercise or a massage,  and doing something you enjoy like singing, dancing, golfing or…

Bad people, events and circumstances, your own negativity are fingers point at the moon. Keep your eye on the moon don’t focus on the fingers. These are only signals to get you to turn you attention to where you need to place it to get what you want.

You cannot get safely to your destination driving while focusing on the gear shift. You have to keep you eyes and mind on where you want to go, what you want to create and not let anything distract you or stop you. Do not get caught up in the pitfalls.

Instead, use the signals to get unstuck or release blockages so you can continue to allow good things to come your way. I think all of this is incredible news. It helps us understand how in marvelous we are as humans.

Keep this in mind.  You have a monitoring system to help you stay feeling wonderful. Most of us don’t know how to use it. Now you are learning to. Train your mind to see the good in any situation. Find what it is to be grateful about and focus on that. Any moment of the day you are either feeling wonderful or you aren’t – your feelings let you know. Change it.

Train yourself to feel good and just like any skill you practice you will get better at it and it will get easier. Repetition is important!One day it will be a reliable, automatic habit and you will consistently delight and amaze yourself. So celebrate now because this is the only moment we have!” Rex Sikes

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