Change My Life, Releasing the Demon Within

If you are anything like me, changing how you live might be something that you want to do, but it is hard to do. Your past haunts you and you can’t seem to get rid of the demon within. You know what I mean. That part of you that seems to make you do the very thing you want to stop doing. “I’m going to change my life,” might be easy to say, but not so easy to do.

I have set goals, made schedules, deleted websites, and threatened to sew my mouth shut, but I still waste time on the computer, miss deadlines, fail to reach goals, and say the wrong things at the wrong times.

How do I fight this demon within? I use a mirror. I mentioned this before. I learned it from Louise Hay’s book, “You Can Heal Your Life”. The object is to look yourself in the eyes in the mirror and use positive affirmations that counter whatever it is you want to change.

Let’s say that you are trying to stop insulting people or saying the wrong things to them. You look yourself in the eyes in the mirror and you say something to the effect of, “I control my tongue and use tact when speaking to others. I can be diplomatic and charming.”

It takes some time for this to sink in, but using the mirror seems to speed up the process, at least it did for me. I have tried to use positive affirmations in the past and they have been marginally successful. Since I started using the mirror, they have increased in their effectiveness.

Try it out! Whatever it is you want to change, look in the mirror and tell yourself that you are the opposite of that trait or feeling. What have you got to lose?