Bad Weather?

I was watching the comedian and actor Billy Connelly on TV the other night and he had me in stitches. It was a programme about his travels around the U.K and Ireland. Throughout the show they showed some of his live concerts and there was one particular part that reminded me about something similar I had written in my book that was about bad weather.

Billy says who says that rain is bad weather? Who made that decision? Billy says that there is no such thing as bad weather only inappropriate clothing! This is true, why is rain bad weather? In some countries rain is a Godsend and people cheer when it rains so who is right? Weather is whatever you think it to be. If you think rain is bad then it will feel that way. Like it says in my book don’t let the weather dictate your happiness and don’t set up a condition that it has to be sunny for you to enjoy the day. Set up in your mind instead that no matter what the weather you will make the very most of the day regardless.

Isn’t it ridiculous to base your happiness on something that you have absolutely no control over? Often when people tell me that the weather is terrible I look out of the window expecting to see a tornado coming my way but more often it is just cloudy or raining. Hardly terrible! Now this might seem trivial to you but remember this, every thought has an emotional connection so if you think that the weather is terrible that’s how you will start to feel.

Like Billy says just wear the most appropriate clothing for whatever weather conditions. Simple isn’t it!

Am I going insane?

There are times in all of our lives when we wonder if we are going insane. Sometimes we question if we can take much more and we think that if things get any worse we could totally crack. Maybe it’s a relationship problem, maybe it’s a work problem or maybe everything seems to be OK and you still feel like your losing it.

Whatever it is when you hit this point it is a horrible place to be. At this point it can seem like your life’s not real at all and that it is almost like you’re in some type of a movie where you want to wake up and find that everything is OK again. If you’ve had this experience you’ll know what I’m talking about. Thoughts about going into the local mental hospital or even committing suicide can come into your awareness. At this point you are looking for a way out and usually on the outside you can appear totally fine but inside you feel like you are crumbling. All common sense has left you at this point and the conscious mind is running riot.

But wait, haven’t you been here before? Haven’t you had the same awful feelings before and pulled through it? Yes you have, you have been this low before when you thought that your life couldn’t get any worse but you soldiered on and it eventually improved. You’ve been this depressed before but in time it lifted didn’t it. Something happened to change your perception and you got back on the right track again. The same WILL happen again. 

Even if this is the first time you have ever felt this way do not despair. You must take control of your thought systems again. You do that with the correct knowledge of how to do that. Thought Re-training and the other techniques outlined in The Principles of Life book will help you to do that.

I am here to tell you that as low as you may think you may be, as down as you think you are, even as mad as you may think yourself to be, in time it will pass and when you reflect back to it you will wonder what all the fuss was about. At this point you will probably wonder how you could have been so affected by things. You see when we change our perspective then we see solutions to problems. To have less of these encounters we must to more time for mental relaxation as this allows the subconscious wisdom to surface. Leave it out at your peril!

We often feel as if our sanity is balanced on a knife-edge and that one more thing could push us over the edge. If you have ever felt like this take comfort in the knowledge that with this presence of mind you could never go mad.

The Secret To Making Quick Life decisions

Hi there I’m Steve Norton and I’m a practicing therapist with over 15 years experience. I’d like to share with you a great technique for becoming more decisive when making decisions about your life. This technique works great for those wanting to make decisions about behaviours they have that they want to change or even career changes that they might be agonizing over.

Often the way we think keep us stuck in a rut and makes us feel helpless.

The old way of thinking might go something like this…..

“Why cant I lose weight?”……”because I’ve tried in the past and failed” or “I cant control my eating!” or “It’s in my family genes”.

That old way of thinking keeps you stuck in a loop and doesn’t allow for any creative problem solving or thinking. Its probably what you say to yourself every day and leaves you deflated and feeling out of control of the situation. This type of questioning engages the conscious mind only which is poor at problem solving. For more about the conscious mind check out my main site at http://www.freeyourmind.info/

Whenever you ask a question to yourself that starts with “Why” it kick starts the conscious mind into action which is a no go!

There is a solution though, that uses the wisdom of your subconscious mind to supply the right answers. It’s just using a different way to ask the questions! The other main thing is that it now places you in a position of power rather than weakness. It gets you to TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for your problem.

When you ask the question “What do I need to do….” it puts you in control. When you ask”Why” it presumes someone or something is in control!

Instead there this very simple 3 step strategy from now on and I promise you will get better answers and results.

Decide what it is you want to change or are not happy about, lets say its weight again and you want to lose weight.

Ask yourself this question: What do I need to do or change in order for “Me to lose weight?”

Allow your mind to retrieve the information for you while you relax.
Whatever advice/ information that is provided when you use this process will be solid gold and needs to be acted on as it comes from your wise subconscious. Information from your subconscious mind is generally very accurate and should always be taken.

This way you are searching for solutions (that were always there) and that sends you answers. So there you go 3 simple steps to clarifying decisions and making the right choices for yourself.

I promise you using this very quick 3 step process will help you to make very quick intelligent decisions about whatever it is you are bothered about whether that be your work, your relationship or whatever.

Always start with “What can I do…” and you will find the solution.

For more tips like this visit http://www.freeyourmind.info/

Best wishes

Steve Norton

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