The "Unstoppable" Negative Thought

“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.”   ~Willie Nelson

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Did you know that you can NOT stop negative thoughts?  There is no way to do it.  In fact, have you noticed the more focus you put on stopping them, the more of them you get?  Kind of a vicious cycle...:)

So, what is the trick?  REPLACE them.  Just deliberately replace them with thoughts filled with relief.  You don't even have to be positive if that is too far from where you currently are.  Just talk yourself into a better place than the place you were before.

Think about this for a second.   If you are cold, you don't try to figure out how to get the cold off of you or out of your body.   You grab a blanket, you make yourself a hot drink, you turn up the thermostat...

YOU GO AND SEEK THE WARMTH.   

It is the exact same thing with your thoughts.   How empowering is that?!?

Something even cooler?  It doesn't take but a minute (literally) to get you moving in the other direction.  You can turn ANYTHING around in your head.   The "warmth" you are purposefully adding to your thoughts is SO much more powerful than what you are replacing.  

Try it!  

COMMENT below on your experiences with this.

Let's call them your "blanket stories"!  

I would love to know how it has worked for you!