10 Life questions to make you think

1. Do you dwell in the past? If you live in the past you will constantly be re-assessing things that happened then and they may have no bearing on your life today. Let the past stay as the past. Make the present moment count. Living in the now is the only way to Happiness.
2. Do you worry about the future? Let’s face it, whatever will be will be and you worrying about it won’t change that. Live in the NOW. 80% of what you worry over will never happen anyway and if it does it will not happen in the way that you thought it would. 90% is not much more than a fearful mind (Conscious Mind replaying old messages) punishing you with exaggerations and misperceptions.
3. Do you continue to live with your old limiting beliefs? Do they still serve you for your highest good? i.e. I am always getting lost, I am shy, I am stupid. Ask your best friends and family what limiting beliefs they think you may have – sometimes we don’t realise that we are still stuck in them and what they are. Don’t be upset by their answers, they are trying to help you to become the best you that you can be. Think about what they say and work on releasing or changing them.
4. Do you have lots of negative thoughts? Constant negative chatter is what the mind is good at. Most of our thoughts are recurring, did you know that. So please make them positive recurring thoughts so that they benefit you and are good for your health.
5. Do you care about what people say about you? As soon as we start to worry and care about what others think or say about us we lose our power. Someone will always talk about you. If you are nice they may still complain that you are too nice, if you are kind they may say – mmm what do they want. So let it go. It’s nothing to do with you what other people think of you. Leave it that way. Think happy thoughts and let them get on with their own life.
6. Do you complain? The more you complain the more things you will find to complain about. You will always be given more of what you give out. So see everything that happens to you as a challenge and a reward. Look at it through rose coloured spectacles as they used to say. The more grateful and happy you are with what you have and what you are given; the more amazing things will come your way.
7. Do you always need to be right? No, Just smile sweetly, agree and walk away. People will only ever think and believe what they want to believe so even if you try to sway their opinion they will just hold onto it more tightly. They will only hear parts of what you are saying anyway as they are not listening to you, they are just planning what they are going to say next.
8. Do you resist Change? Be like the Ocean, flow with the tide. Feel the fear and do it anyway. Change is a daily part of our being, so to try and resist it would be like fighting a battle every day. Love the challenge that a change will bring to you. Benefit from the rewards that you may receive. Do you really want to be stuck in an unhappy situation, just because you don’t like change?
9. Do you like to blame everybody else? Your life is your life. Whether you had a good start in life or a rocky ride, all of these things have made you the person you are today. They have given you strength and knowledge. Take responsibility of what is happening in your life right now. If it’s good – don’t change it, but if it is bad don’t blame anyone else. You have the power and the ability to change it all right here and right now. Believe me.
10. Do you need approval from others? Learn to love yourself so that then the only approval that you need is your own! One of the main disappointments that we have in life is when we don’t get what we expect. My Grandad always used to say to me, “Melanie if you never expect anything from anyone you will never be disappointed”. He was right.