AFFIRMATIONS

BLOG SESSION

January 3rd, 2018

Welcome back to the Blog dear Friends ~ It's a new year, and a new day, and we are going to start this new year off on a positive note.  We're here today to get you going for the year.  Our aim is to keep in our minds that we want to write a book in 2018.

With book writing in mind, and keeping in line with that frame of thought, we are going to discuss Affirmations.  The reason we are turning to affirmations is because by focusing on affirmations that ring true for us, we will be taking the action necessary to frame our world.  We will also be concentrating on affirming something that we expect to bring positive results into our lives.

Here is an example of an affirmation that you may like to add to your Journal Notes for today...

Affirmation for 2018

With your Affirmations before you (on a magnet on the refrigerator) or on your desk on a plack, or in your Journal that you turn to daily ~ you'll have words before you each day that uplift your spirit, and keep you focused on constructive and positive thoughts that will lead to progressive actions for your best and highest good.

Let us suppose that you may be feeling melancholy for some unknown reason.  Maybe the Holidays made you a little sad or tired.  Or maybe you are dragging because you are a little tired from all of the hustle bustle.  You may be facing a challenge in your life.  It could be possible that you have been recently disappointed about something.  Well, fear not, here is an affirmation for you . . .

Affirmation for a positive outlook

Many of our friends here reading along with us today may be very familiar with using affirmations.  If you have not heard of affirmations before, then now is a good time to find out how they may work for you.

Affirmations are positive statements that can help you overcome self-sabotaging, negative thoughts.

The reason why we had made it a point to discuss (in previous Blog Sessions) the topic of using a daily diary, is because the process of doing so helps you to get a grip on your thoughts and your emotions, and it will also help you to understand any negative thoughts or attitudes that you are toting around with you in life.

Negative Thoughts

Bad Attitudes

Sour Disposition

[Luggage needing to be unloaded for 2018]

Negative thoughts, bad attitudes and sour dispositions have no place in the year 2018.  Please make a note of that in your Journal.  This is the type of luggage that needs to be unloaded.  We have no reason to carry any of this type of  luggage into our new year.  Nor do we have any reason to have people around us who are carrying this type of luggage around with them, because they may try to unload it on us.  And we are not going for any of that in this new year.  Let's all make that clear right here, right now.

To use affirmations, first analyze the thoughts or behaviors you'd like to change in your own life and career. Next, come up with positive, credible, present tense statements that are the opposite of these thoughts.

The way to check your thoughts is to turn to your trusty daily diary that will never lie to you as long as you are honest with it in your writings.

Daily Diary

We're going to leave you with your Diary to do a little fact checking with yourself today and this evening.  Then, we'll be back with our next Blog Session for more great tips to keep you headed in the right direction . . .

Peace, Love & Light

By René Allen

©Copyright - René Allen - 2014-2018 - All Rights Reserved

Soul Travels of a Diary Writer ~ Step Six

BLOG SESSION

August 28th, 2017

Welcome back Blog Readers, Followers, Diary Writers, and Visitors ~ We are about to get back into our discussion about the benefits of writing daily diary entries.

In our last Blog Session we discussed Affirmations, and in particular, the ten Affirmations that personally resonate with you that you have written in your Journal.  The purpose of reading Affirmations and writing Affirmations is to help you to focus your mind on positive statements that will bring about positive changes in your life.

Please pull out your Journal at this time so that you may take notes from tonight's Blog Session . . .

Journal Notes

Tonight, we are going to bring back to your attention two questions that were put before you in our last Blog Session . . .

1)  What is it that you'd like to accomplish in your life?

2)  What is most important to you TODAY?

Take a moment to write the answers to those two questions down in your Journal.  Your answers should take you as long as your honest feelings need to relay what you feel.  There is no need to rush when writing your answers.  If you have several items that you'd like to accomplish in your life at this time, by all means, write them all down.

Whatever it is that you find important today, please write that down in your Journal as well.  There is no right or wrong way to write your answers to those two questions.  Frame your answers the way you like.

While some of us will answer the first question with answers that revolve around material objects, others of us will honestly focus on the accomplishments that are in line with career and/or education.  And, there are a few of us that will focus on Health and wellness.  Still others of us will focus on Family, children, and long-term goals that we'd like to see accomplished in our lifetime.  Whatever it is that you feel you'd like to accomplish in your life at this time, please write it down in your Journal.

The second question:   What is most important to you TODAY?

This calls for some thought on your part.  Here is where you will completely separate this question from the first question.  Your answers to the question about what you'd like to accomplish in your life should be different from your answers in response to the second question.  What you'd like to accomplish and what is most important to you today should be looked at from different points of view.

What you'd like to accomplish may end up being short term or long term.  What is most important to you today should be pin-point clear.

Whenever you make a to-do-list for example, you always scratch off what you have accomplished and taken care of once it is done.  You feel proud that you have taken care of some of the items that were on your to-do-list whenever you can see some progress.  The same holds true for those items in your Journal, as well as your daily diary entries.

Take a moment right now to pull out your brand new Diary, or your Diary that you have been writing in each day . . .

Personal Diary with Key

For those of you who are long-term planners, a Five-Year Diary may work better for you . . .

Five-Year Diary

For the Artists and Designers who are here with us tonight, you may find the following Diary page of interest . . .

Artistic & Creative Diary Page

The Diary Page seen above is an example of how the Diary of an Artist or a very creative person may look.  If you have a creative nature, you will find yourself doodling in your Diary or practicing your Calligraphy.

The main thing that you will take away from tonight's Blog Session is ordering your thoughts and narrowing your focus.  Your daily diary entries will take on a mind of their own, but if you have a focus in terms of what you want in your life, what it is that you seek to accomplish, and how you feel about your daily activities, you'll find that you will benefit from your writings.

Our next Blog Session will open your mind up even further.  We will focus on another aspect of daily living, and that happens to be our "dreams".  Our dreams are important, and what we have to learn to do is not dismiss them.

OUR NEXT BLOG SESSION:

Soul Travels of a Diary Writer

Step Seven

DREAMS

Until our next Blog Session dear Friends ~

Peace, Love & Light,

By René Allen

© Copyright - René Allen - 2014 - 2017 - All Rights Reserved 

      

Soul Travels of a Diary Writer ~ Step Five ~ Affirmation Scroll

Affirmation Scroll

BLOG SESSION

August 27th, 2017

Soul Travels of a Diary Writer

 ~ Step Five ~

Affirmation Scroll

Welcome back Diary Writers, Authors, Poets, Photographers, Artists, Novelists, Designers, Travelers, and Creative people of the world!

We are about to continue our Blog Session on the benefits of Diary Writing.  If you are new to our Blog Sessions, then you'll need to get a Journal to take notes.  If you don't have a Journal, please grab a Notebook or a Notepad to take notes for today's Session.

At the end of today's Blog Session, you will have all of the tools needed to come up with an Affirmation that fits you perfectly for your personal Affirmation Scroll (like the one seen at the top of this Blog Session).

When we left off with our last Session, we were all to focus on an important Affirmation to help us with our daily diary entries.  That Affirmation is as follows . . .

"Today is a brand new day.

My past does not define me.

My future is mine to create."

Considering the above Affirmation, all of the ten items on your list that you were asked to write down in your Journal from our last Session that have been on your mind that seem to be getting in your way in terms of getting clear, feeling at peace, or sleeping should suddenly affect you less after you have focused on the above Affirmation.

The key line to consider in the Affirmation above all else is, "My future is mine to create."  Your future goals and plans are important and they are worthy of your attention.  You have a creative mind and a prosperous soul.  When you focus more on the beautiful things that you'd like to see happen in your life, you will find that you do not have the time nor the room in your life to focus on the negative factors that distract from the positive avenues that await you.  There are new people to meet each day.  There are new places to visit and discover.  There are ideas that you have that await your recognition and/or action.  You are a Winner, and no one can take that from you.

Regardless of what has happened in the past that you have been dwelling on, you must understand that "Your past does not define you."  Whatever negative event that has taken place, remember, it is over.  Step past it and push forward.  Your positive thoughts far outweigh your negative thoughts.  And, if that is not the case, then now is the time to fix it.  Think positive and create a new thought pattern if you have the tendency to focus on negative factors.

Another thing to consider is the people around you.  Are the people in your life negative individuals that weigh you down?  Condemning people, accusatory people, narcissistic people, depressed people, those who have drug addictions, hyperactive spasmodic people, and loud talking people can stress your nerves.  You don't need that in your life.  Imagine all of the negative factors in your life being placed in a suitcase . . .

Suitcase Visual

Take those ten items on your list that are negative, and place them in a suitcase in your mind.  Tag them, then put them on the plane of no return.  You are not to think about those items, nor entertain those items.  They are long gone!

Replace all that has been negative in your life with positive thoughts.  Remember, "what you dwell on you create".  If you must dwell on anything, dwell on the beautiful things that you'd like to have in your life.  Your hopes, your dreams, your abilities, your talents, your highest desires ~ dwell on that.  Take a moment to write down in your Journal all of the positive factors that you have going on in your life at this time.  Then list all of your talents, special "gifts", and abilities...

Journal your positives ~

Another key line from our Affirmation today is this . . .

"Today is a brand new day"

What is it that you'd like to accomplish in your life?

What is most important to you TODAY?

Of the ten (10) Affirmations that you wrote in your Journal that resonate with you, which one jumps out at you today?

If you did not come up with ten Affirmations that you like, then take a few moments today to search out Affirmations that inspire you.

TODAY, Choose one Affirmation for your Affirmation Scroll that you really feel deep in your soul moves you, inspires you, and/or motivates you!

Your Affirmation Scroll can be purchased in a blank state, or you can make your own personal Affirmation Scroll.  You can check out one of our Blog Sessions from the past to find more creative information about how to make a Scroll...

We're talking about making Scrolls ~ [Creative Scroll Project] ~ "Crafting your Scroll"

We're talking about making Scrolls ~ (Creative Scroll Project)

Creative Scroll Project

Scroll Writers  

We'll be back with more for you to make a note of in your inspirational note-taking Journal, and next time, bring both your Journal and your personal Diary with you to the Blog Session.

OUR NEXT BLOG SESSION:

Soul Travels of a Diary Writer

Step Six

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Until our next Blog Session dear Friends ~

Peace, Love & Light,

By René Allen

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