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Repost The direct messenger of the soul…

The only real valuable thing is intuition. –Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself. –Alan Alda (b. 1936) Trusting our intuition often saves us from disaster. -Anne Wilson Schaef […]The direct messenger of the soul…

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instead of positive affirmations, try these two strategies

Came across two articles that were very helpful this week. Posting the useful parts here in case they can help someone else. :)

(source 1)

So if affirmations don’t work, what does? The good news is that there is a simple method you can use, apply immediately and have instant and excellent results.

A recent groundbreaking study holds the key. It sheds light on the effectiveness of declarative versus interrogative self-talk (Senay, Albarracín & Noguchi, 2010).

[…] From this and similar studies the researchers conducted, they found that asking ourselves is far more powerful than telling ourselves something when we wish to create successful end results.

Questions are powerful because they probe for answers. They remind us of the resources we do have and they activate our curiosity. All that is required is a simple tweak. [...]

Follow this process to effectively apply the interrogative self-talk strategy:

Draw your awareness to any declared self-statements, whether positive or negative.

Tweak these statements into questions; e.g.: “I am” into “Am I?”

Mull over possible answers to these questions and come up with additional questions. “What if..?” produces a particularly fruitful line of enquiry.

Eliciting your curiosity and creativity using this method will put an end to that draining inner struggle, which in turn will reduce the tension in your body and help you relax. It won’t cost you anything and it will position you to reap excellent end results.

(source 2)

Instead of: “Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.” Try: “I have had better days, but I have also had worse. Today I am OK.”

Instead of: “I am beautiful, happy and love myself.” Try: “I am working on accepting me as I am.”

By introducing neutral statements, and making certain these statements are reality-based, your brain will not have to deal with the confrontation and the triggering of bad feelings in order to maintain the status quo. Instead, the well-worn neural pathways that make up your pattern of negative thinking can take a rest, as a new path of neutrality develops. This neutral path provides sturdier footing for positive thinking to begin to tread lightly upon.

So, if you find yourself struggling with negative self-talk that you just can’t quiet down, give yourself a fighting chance at real change and start slowly with some neutral statements and getting powerfully related to “good enough” for a while — which ironically, is exactly how you will find yourself, “every day, in every way, getting better and better."

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Since I wanna do aesthetic memes but don’t feel like doing romance ones:

Send ☆ for a friendship aesthetic

✗ for a rivalry/hateship aesthetic

or ☽ for a platonic (not necessarily friends) aesthetic  

[chibinico]

CHINESE HOROSCOPE THAT IS FREAKISHLY CORRECT

don’t look ahead and be truthful, or else it won’t work!!!! ~~On a blank sheet of paper, write numbers 1 through 11 in a column on the left. ~~Next to the numbers 1 & 2, write down any two numbers you want. ~~ Next to the numbers 3 & 7, write down the names of two members of the gender you’re attracted to. CAUTION: DO NOT LOOK AHEAD or IT WILL NOT TURN OUT RIGHT. ~~Write anyone’s name (like friends or family…) next to 4, 5, & 6. Remember, DON’T CHEAT OR YOU’LL BE UPSET THAT YOU DID! XP ~~Write down four song titles in 8, 9, 10, & 11. ~~Finally, MAKE A WISH! READY?! ~ 
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~~~~~~~~~~ The Key! - The number of people that like you is found in number 2. 
- The person in number 3 is the one you love. 
- The person you like but your relationship cannot work is in number 7 
- You care most about the person you put in number 4. 
- The person you named in number 5 is the one who knows you very well. 
- The person you named in 6 is your lucky star. 
- The song in 8 is the song that matches with the person in number 3. 
- The title in 9 is the song for the person in 7. 
- The 10th number is the song that tells you most about your mind. 
- 11 is the song telling how you feel about life. 
- Number 1 is your lucky number. 
~ Repost this within an hour of reading this, and if you do, your wish will come true. Repost this with CHINESE HOROSCOPE (Freakishly Correct)

[sjwmothman]

Ah yes, the Pines Triplets: Stanford, Stanley, and Yelnats Pines

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[theoneyoudontsee]

Since the start of 2012 I've...

Cross off what you’ve done: 

Gotten a new piercing.  Dyed my hair. Ended a relationship. Started a new relationship. Been on a long car/bus journey Passed an exam. Met someone who’s now an important part of my life. Cried on someone’s shoulder. Had a massive fight with a boy/girl . Received flowers. Had a Valentine. Written a letter using pen & paper. Gone to see a therapist Been prescribed medication by a doctor. Read a really good book. Gone to the zoo. Spent too much money on unnecessary things. Traveled by train. Cried over a member of the opposite sex. Spent the day out in the sun getting a tan Slammed a door out of frustration. Had an anxiety attack. Babysat for a friend’s child. Had a BBQ Gone to the fair. Gone bowling. Seen a film at the cinema in 3D. Gone on a date.  Been the only sober one on a night out. Helped someone home after they had been drinking. Stayed up all night. Talked on the phone for over two hours. Supported someone who’d received bad news. Watched some kind of live sporting event. Read an entire book in one day. Bought a DVD the day it was released.  Eaten McDonald’s more than four times in a single week.  Cried as a result of exam stress. Met some incredible new people. Gone to great parties. Fallen backwards off a chair. Broken my glasses. Worn a watch for the first time in years. Cried over someone in my past. Spent hours aimlessly browsing the internet. Thrown up. Cried over a film. Gone out of my way to avoid an ex-boy/girlfriend. Fought with someone in public. Been in a relationship for a year or longer. Cried in front of someone I adore Lost one of my closest friends.