100 Times on the Blackboard

I will stop passing notes to Rachel during class.
I will stop passing notes to Rachel during class.

My teacher Ms. Rubin made me write it over and over again, but I continuously missed the lesson. The exercise seemed to me a lame punishment and waste of chalk.

Thirty years later, I finally get it.

I randomly opened up a quote book the other day and read: “You should always be aware that your head creates your world.” When we say things over and over in our minds, it’s only a matter of time until we believe and act on it.

It’s amazing how much junk we tell ourselves all day. Do you ever catch your absurd and not-so-nice thoughts? I constantly hear things like there are no good, available men out there in the city. Or there are no jobs out there. If you say it, you”ll believe it. And presto: That’s exactly what you’ll see.

My mean inner thoughts usually relate to my thighs, but I’m working on that!

I now use affirmations—positive, repetitive statements—on a daily basis to counteract any negativity lingering in my legs. Er, I mean head.

Louise Hay, one of the founders of that fun-loving New Age movement, really put the power affirmations on the map. I usually write mine down over and over again in my notebook or iPhone.

“Your thoughts and beliefs of the past have created this moment,” Hay says, “and all the moments up to this moment. What you are now choosing to believe and think and say will create the next moment and the next day and the next month and the next year.”

Here are two affirmation CDs that rock:
I Can Do It : How to Use Affirmations to Change Your Life with CD by Louise Hay
Soul of Healing Affirmations: A-Z Guru by Deepak Chopra

Say it till you believe it. Write it down till you can see it.

Thank you, Ms. Rubin. Your lesson finally kicked in! I’m still passing notes—but Rachel isn’t the only one getting them.

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