Have you ever heard anyone use the words “If I don’t expect it, I won’t be disappointed.” Maybe you have used those words. In fact I used to mutter that same phrase frequently. But now I say “Expect it ‘out loud’ and keep on expecting it ‘out loud’ until you get it!” Speaking positive words brings positive results! Speaking negative words brings………that’s right, negative results.
I know someone who says “Well, you never know” to me whenever I speak out positives. Well you don’t know, but to me those words seem so negative. I prefer to speak out-loud the things I would like to see happen in my Life. We don’t know, because God is in control and only He knows, but remember He also wants to give us the desires of our hearts. Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalms 37:4
life just kept knocking me down
When I was younger it felt like life just kept on knocking me down. I’d get two steps ahead and get knocked back three. I don’t know if this has ever happened to you but man, it was not fun. It started to feel like this was going to be the way life was for me. What an awful feeling! Like, why am I even here? Is this all there is to life? Am I just a failure? I can’t do anything right, I’m not even the least bit smart. why can some people get what they want and live good lives and I can’t? What is my purpose? Do I even have one? When your life is going this way it is hard to think positively let alone speak it out!! I get it!
speaking positive words brings positive results
As time went on these thoughts became part of me and out of my mouth quite often. Then, one day, I don’t even remember where I came across this book or how old I was, but it has the simplest title and has the most profound stuffing. What I wanted more than anything was this books title. I wanted to live my life……. “Being Happy” (Click on title to get your copy or E-book) And now this author has a wonderful book Called “Being a Happy Teen”!!! These books talk about how speaking positive words brings positive results. What a concept. if only I could have known about how powerful my words were back then.
I mentioned this next book in my blog “Is It Just A Matter Of Perspective?” and it deserves mentioning again!! It is such a good book and it actually changed mine and Pat’s lives completely and beautifully. “Battlefield of the Mind” by Joyce Meyer is a great book and really gets you thinking and wanting to take action!
So after practicing this positive talk for a few years, I began really feeling like I needed to be doing something else with my life. (I was a hairstylist at the time) Hairstylists are helping people, but I really wanted to work with people who were struggling somehow and to help them to believe that they WILL get through it. I wanted to help people live the lives they were meant to live and to be truly filled with joy!
So I started praying and saying out-loud that that’s what I want to do. I don’t have a degree and I didn’t have any certifications at that time. So I had no Idea what I could do or how I was going to be able to help. But I believed in my heart and kept saying out-loud that I will someday be helping others. I had no idea how or what I would be doing, but I believed that God would lead me there.
And now i am a certified peer specialist
Then one day out of the blue I received this Life Coaching brochure in the mail with a limited discounted price on it so I decided to take the class and kept taking classes until I had an Advanced Certification in Life Coaching which in a story that I will keep short here. (You’re welcome😁) helped me get a job at LiFE OF HOPE working directly with beautiful people that were struggling with suicidal ideations. Me!! Who would have thought that is where my prayers and positive talk would have brought me. Working directly with these wonderful people!!! And then my boss at that time got me into a CPS class. And now I am a Certified Peer Specialist and have other certifications to go along with that. 🤷♀️
something to think about
Something to think about…..Our lives are going in the direction of our strongest thoughts. Our thoughts become words and our words become actions.
This is just one example of the many things that have positively changed in my life. Now, I am not saying that everything is perfect. no, as long as we are living here on the Earth, we will have challenges and hard times and devastating times. But by thinking and speaking positively and believing in and trusting God who so loves us, our lives will go in a positive direction more often than not. Speaking positive words brings positive results!
someday we will have a house just like that!
Vision boards can be very helpful while we are teaching ourselves to speak positives. Pat and I made a vision board together after I had cut out of a magazine a beautiful house that we both really liked and I put it on our bulletin board and said out-load often that someday we will have a house just like that! We have been living in our home that looks almost identical to that picture for over a year now. You can make a vision board by taking a poster board and putting ideas on it of where you want your life to go or things you would like. You can print them out or cut them out of magazines or draw them or simply write them on it. Click here for some other ideas.
And believe in everything on that vision board with all of your heart and speak it out-loud. Don’t give up. Sometimes it takes awhile. I had that picture on our board for 3 1/2 years before we built our house. Keep speaking your dreams into reality and see where your life goes.
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You may also enjoy reading “Fear Will Not Win!! (Part 1)” and “Fear Will Not Win!! (Part II) and “Even In Isolation, You Are Not Alone“
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