There are wonderful affirmations in books. Louise Hay is the queen of them, and way back in the 1930s Florence Scovill Shinn wrote an astounding compilation of them in a book called Your Word Is Your Wand. Reading what these affirmative women have to say is a great way to prime your own creative pump, but the very best affirmations are the ones you come up with for yourself. They fit your life, your circumstances, the way you talk, and the way you think. They “fit” you and with that comes their power.
The following came from a lovely woman named Allison who reads this blog:
Hi, Victoria –
I have so enjoyed following your “30 Days…” I don’t know whether it was your
inspiring words, or my just trying to rouse myself from the general malaise that I have felt lately, but one morning I woke up feeling dismal and started thinking about how when I was younger, I woke up every day thinking that something amazing might happen that day. I thought about how I could recapture that sense of possibility in my life.
Later that morning I sat down at my computer and wrote the following:
Just show up.
Anything can happen today.
Something amazing will happen today.
I immediately felt as if a switch were flipped in my head. I felt excited and motivated
and worked on my writing projects for four hours without stopping. Now, I keep those
words on a page on my desktop and I try to remember to read them first thing every morning.
So, let Louise and Florence and Allison inspire you, but go inside where your own wisdom lives and come up with your own mental formula, words that will help change your thinking. And when your thinking changes, the rest follows. “Be thou transformed by the renewing of your mind,” St. Paul said. That’s the point behind doing affirmations. They’re a transformational tool. And you’re a transformational being.
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posted November 7, 2009 at 1:59 pm
My top affirmation comes from the days that Richard Carlson sent “a thought of the day in the people in his mailing list. Many years have passed, himself saddly gone, but this thought of the day is kept forever in my memory, in my desktop,in my heart!
” Live from the heart and the life you live will be your own! If you make choices in life because you feel these are the choices you are supposed to make, you are really living someoneelse’s life. When you are true to your own inner Knowing you can make choices that ring true to your heart. Living from the heart is one of the foundations of inner peace and personal growth.”
posted November 7, 2009 at 6:48 pm
this is my personal affirmation:
I thank the universe for the unlimited increase of peace, love and abundance in my life.
posted November 8, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Beautiful affirmations — and, Anny, reading yours was like a direct message from Richard. Thank you.
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posted November 9, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Thanks, Victoria, I LOVED ’30 Days to a Charmed Life’! I first heard you speak at NAVS Summerfest a few years ago and have become a big fan. This past year, you were the main reason we went back to Summerfest. I want to sincerely thank you for sharing so much of your life and your wisdom with us!
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posted December 14, 2009 at 9:36 am
My affirmation:
I am grateful for the abundance, good fortune, and wonderful miracles that show up in my life each day.