Becoming a YES.

My very good friend, Candace gave up complaining for Lent.

On March 5th 2014, she began paying attention to her every thought. When her thoughts or words were negative, she would stop herself and think or say something positive about the situation.

When she started she was shocked at how often her mind wanted to complain. But with intention and practice, it became easier and more natural for her to think an opposite thought. 

After almost forty days of paying attention and changing her negative thoughts into positive ones, everything in her life changed.

Parts of her life that weren't working are now going great. Her business is booming, her social life and relationships have improved, and things that she wanted to happen, are happening.

Is it a coincidence that her life has changed? (a remarkable concurrence of events without apparent causal connection).

Could the cause be the Law of Attraction at work? ( your thoughts create your reality) 

Maybe, but I believe that my friend Candace's life did a 360 because she chose to change her dominant thoughts and become a YES instead of a NO.

When we are negative or complaining, our mind is in a state of NO. 

The NO mind makes it almost impossible to see or create a solution, a change, an improvement, or a new thought about our no so perfect situation. Our minds have closed off to the possibility that things could be better or different. 

The NO mind is almost like an obstinate two year old, crossing his arms, closing his eyes, stomping his feet and saying NO! 

 When we look for the positive instead of complaining about our less than perfect situation, our mind is in a YES state.

 Our YES mind is open to creating a solution, a change, an improvement, or a new thought about the less than perfect situation. Our YES mind will see the glass half full and realize that almost every cloud has a silver lining. Our YES mind is creative and will seek out the positive to find reasons to be grateful for not only our good experiences but our challenging ones as well.

Imagine that your mind is like water. 

The watery YES mind state can change direction with ease. It can adapt and flow in order to circumvent obstacles in it's way. It's creative and accommodating.

The NO mind state is more like ice. Nothing can get through your ice block mind. It can't change direction because it is solid and unmoving. Without any creative movement, the NO mind becomes it's own obstacle.

Breaking through your negative mind state can be quite challenging. Setting an intention to be aware of your thoughts will allow you to focus your mind on letting only positive thoughts flow. 

With a constant flow of positive thoughts it will be less likely that you will get frozen in a negative mind state. With commitment and practice, your icy NO mind might thaw completely leaving you in a constant state of YES.

My friend Candace will tell you that becoming a YES has the potential to change your life too.

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