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As we saw in Part 1 of this article, most affirmations, no matter how compelling or impassioned they may by, usually end up stashed away somewhere gathering dust. It just makes sense that what you focus on and pay attention to is what you will get. If you've studied the Law of Attraction at all or watched the movie, 'The Secret' that is the main theme. So all these people are saying it works, so you make a long list of what you want to have show up in your life. I know I sure did. I wanted my business to grow exponentially, I wanted my marriage to be better, so I wrote all that stuff down and diligently started to say them over and over. For about a week, maybe 2 and then my subconscious would fire back with "Lord this is boring", or "Yada, yada, yada" or something like that and I taper off and eventually stop doing them all together. We learned in Part 1 that there are two main reasons for this:

1. We can't get past our belief filters in our subconscious minds long enough to make the affirmations stick - this is was covered in Part 1, and

2. Stuff happens in day to day life that can cause us to start thinking in a downward tailspin, each though fueling the fire so to speak. We don't know how to put the brakes on this negative spiral in the very moment it starts, so we let it take over and stop doing our affirmations.

There are lots of things that can happen in a day to set us up for one of those downward tailspins. You get up on the wrong side of the bed and it's all downhill from there, right? That used to happen to me a lot. I used to have a saying, "I've earned this depression and I'm going to enjoy it for awhile." What a crazy belief, but believe it I did. Somehow I really thought I was getting something out of being nasty and grumpy. But the Law of Attraction states that what you spend most of your time thinking about and focusing on is what you will get. You can probably guess that I was getting lots of reasons to be nastier and grumpier, that's for sure.

But, when you look at the other side of the coin, the more you can focus on what you want to have in your life, the quicker it will come to you. If you can focus on it with emotion and feeling, well then, so much the better. So it makes sense that the more time you can spend feeling good and keeping the dark clouds at bay, then the easier it would be to bring about your desires.

A lot of the Law of Attraction teachers stress that you need to CHANGE the way you think. Easier said than done. They recommend affirmations - we've already been down that road - or great books to read, or meditations (which I love) but it's not always convenient to find quiet space and time RIGHT NOW when you need them. All of these are great long term strategies, but it's rare to be in the middle of a crisis and be able to meditate or read a book.

In times like this, you can't wait for the right quiet moment to come along to work on your feelings later. You need something to grab onto RIGHT NOW, in the very moment that you realize the tailspin is starting. You need to have a tool available to you that will literally turn your emotions around, just like flipping a switch on and off. That's what you need to find.

That seems impossible to most people, because they are so used to floundering in the tailspin that the idea of changing their thoughts in an instant seems crazy. But my suggestion is that you put in some thought, today, right now about how you might handle the next crisis you come up against. Do you want to let it take you down that well worn path to the pit, or do you want to grab onto something and say "NO, NOT THIS TIME, NOT EVER AGAIN!!!" Make a plan, get something stuck in your head, plant a switch there so that the next time you recognize that - "Oh geez, here we go again" - you remember that you have a tool. You need to have something that you don't even really have to think about to use, it just goes on autopilot. Maybe a chant or a little jingle or something that your 'Belief Detective' won't recognize as an affirmation. You don't have to believe the words, it's just a little song.

So don't wait until you are down and out to think about what you will use as your secret weapon. Be prepared so that the next time you get that invitation to the Pity Party, you can confidently say NO WAY - I'm not going there this time.

About the Author

Debbie Thomas brings you AttitudeZapz! Affirmation Jingles. These catchy little jingles with affirmations built right in will get stuck in your head and help keep you positive and motivated on the path to achieving all your dreams.

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