Our attitude is key to achieving our dreams. We discussed developing and maintaining a positive attitude, which can be easier said than done. The important thing to remember is that when negative thoughts creep into our consciousness, we can acknowledge them and replace them with a positive statement – perhaps something from our affirmation list.
Another tool for creating a positive attitude is to recognize gratitude and appreciation for all that we have right now.
“Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.” Joseph Wood Krutch
Life constantly presents us with obstacles and challenges but they are not more than we can handle and each one offers us a learning and growing opportunity.
When we practice gratitude and appreciation we are focusing our thoughts and energy on all that is good and what is working for us in our life, we are attracting more of the same to us. We can choose to embrace the positive rather than the negative in life.
Two popular techniques to practice gratitude and appreciation are:
Journaling – each and every day take a few minutes to write down a few, simple gratitude statements. Reread them with enjoyment and pleasure that we are blessed in many ways.
Carrying a touch stone – a touch stone is a small, meaningful object you carry with you everyday. Each time to reach into your pocket or purse and “touch” your piece is a reminder to take a moment and be more present in the moment and feel grateful for your blessings. The piece can also helps change a negative thought or situation by reminding you that even a negative situation you may be in will pass.
To sum up this section of using our attitudes to achieve our dreams, keeping a positive outlook using these simple tools activates the Law of Attraction to help make our dreams come true:
a vision board
affirmations
visualization
gratitude journaling
