December 16 2024: Repetition Changes Things!
"As a single footstep, will not make a path on the Earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives." Henry David Thoreau
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Let's say I want to learn how to ride a bicycle. The first thing I have to learn to do is to mount the bicycle. Perhaps I have to adjust the seat height so that my feet reach the ground to balance myself while straddling it. Then I have to practice rolling a little to bit at a time, then peddling a few revolutions until I finally reach the point where I can balance it while peddling. Then I have to learn how to turn with balance. Eventually, I learn to ride with balance and turn in any direction. The same step-by-step process applies to pretty much anything new I want to learn. It took patience, determination and practice, but I did learn to ride the bicycle. What if I want to learn to be more patient, more positive or more anything else? The same rules apply; I must practice each step until I master it. Then, onto the next step until it is learned. The process for changing ourselves, and thus our lives is the same as learning to ride a bicycle. Patience, determination and then practice. That bares repeating... PATIENCE DETERMINATION AND PRACTICE. What would you like to change about yourself as we rapidly approach the beginning of a new year? You don't need to make a resolution. All you need to do is pick something i.e. a more positive attitude. Next, write or type on three to five pieces of paper, the words "I am a positive person." Then place the pieces of paper around your home in rooms where you spend time. Now all you need to do is when you notice the words in whichever room you're in, just think them silently to yourself. Just do it, and I can almost guarantee that you will be a changed person before the end of 2024, unless you are a confirmed ogre. In which case it may take just a little longer, but it will still work. Give it a try. The only thing you have to lose is a negative attitude! Just do it! Do it!
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