Positive Affirmations: Power for Living

Positive affirmations, we’ve all heard about this at one time or another. Perhaps you are wondering if they really work, I’m pleased to tell you they do.

Positive affirmations are not just for witches seeking growth and personal power. They are for anyone wishing to overcome, improve, enhance and grow in some form or another. Affirmations are also a huge part of manifesting and practically sewn into the law of attraction.

What do you want? A better career? To get along with someone or a certain crowd? Maybe you’re trying to overcome personal struggles like behavioral health issues or self-confidence issues. With positive affirmations you can move yourself forward in a meaningful and tangible way.

I personally participate in positive affirmations daily, some of them as a matter of routine and ritual. It gets to be a habit and that’s when you know you’re in high gear. But it must be more than just a habit.

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Positive Affirmations: More than Just Statements

Making positive affirmations is more than just uttering aloud something positive. We don’t want to just endlessly regurgitate the same old tired wishes. If we aren’t careful, that’s what they become.

There are ways, however, to breathe life and power into these simple statements to facilitate success. That’s what I really want to get into. When I’m serious about doing a spell or the success of a ritual work is imperative, I take my time and prepare for that success.

If I’m going to do a spell, I meditate and focus on what I’m going to do. I first visualize the outcome, I see myself doing it, or see the desired outcome unfold before me. I see all the things that I need to gather and prepare. In my mind I walk through performing it, undistracted and focused. When I give myself to the process in this way, I find much greater success in my magical workings.

When I want a business meeting to go well, I prepare for that too. Mental preparation, sure, to be prepared to ask and answer questions, have options open. I will also strategize where the meeting will take place and consider the timing. Additionally, I let go of what doesn’t serve the goal before the meeting, I don’t want anything non-related to detract from success.

Preparing Affirmations for Effectiveness

So, when it comes to positive affirmations, how do you prepare for best success?

The first thing I would do is keep it simple, what is most important to you? Is it increasing psychic ability? Is it being an effective leader in your group, circle or coven? Maybe you want to be a better teacher or master some aspects of the craft. Maybe it’s to succeed in landing that dream job.

Write your positive affirmations down. Again, keeping it simple, let’s start with no more than three affirmations. Of course, you could do a lot more. You could have pages of them to pick and choose from. I wouldn’t do that though; it’s like spreading yourself too thin and not making any real changes happen.

Let’s pick a topic, say self-love for a perfect example, so write it down, don’t rely on your memory. Here’s three examples:

• I am worthy of love
• I reject negative thinking about myself
• I am enough

These three positive affirmations are good, but just saying this in the mornings do you really think you’ll affect change? Probably not, or minimal at best.

Making it Work For You

So, let’s kick that up a notch or three. Take a little time to meditate, I suggest (as usual) starting with this alpha trigger meditation and achieve that state first. Then go onto focusing on the affirmations. If you are not used to meditation, you can find a space and some time to sit quietly and focus on them one at a time.

Focus on “I am worthy of love”, what does that mean? See yourself, really see yourself. Do you deserve the negative treatment of others? Consider how much you’ve done for others, how hard you have tried. Look at what’s in your heart, look at your intentions. Yes, you, like everyone else, are worthy of love. See? Positive affirmations, please positively affirm this for yourself.

That leads us to “I reject negative thinking about myself”. So, if you are worthy of love, why do you think so negatively about yourself. Have you ever stopped to consider, you have done enough, you’ve tried hard enough? Maybe it’s time you realize it’s not your lack of effort or quality, perhaps it is them, their lack of spiritual or emotional maturity. No one is yours to fix, you can only help someone who wants to be well. So, if it’s not all on you, quit beating yourself up over it, right?

Now, naturally that would lead us to “I am enough”. So, in your meditation, your time of quiet thoughtfulness, if you have realized that you are worthy of love and it’s overdue to start rejecting negative thinking about yourself, it stands to reason you are enough. Right? It is so important to realize this when making positive affirmations, not just speaking the words.

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Making Affirmations Work for You

So, rather than just picking a few positive affirmations to say each morning, do you see how you can really bump it up a notch or three? Word have power, especially when our emotions fuel them. If we don’t give ourselves the time to connect with our emotions, our efforts are flat. Take the time to meditate or at the very least some quality quiet time. I find it also helps to pen things down, write it out. It may just shout back at you.

Be consistent, make it a ritual for yourself. I tend to do this for the most part in the mornings. However, if it’s something new or something I feel extra passionate about doing it off and on all day. Maybe you need to work this into your break and lunch schedules too. But do be consistent so that it becomes habit. Revisit your motivations and intentions too.

Back it up, and a potent part of manifesting. Write it down and tape under the lid on your lunchbox. Maybe a post-it-note beside the mirror. Write the affirmations down on little bits of paper and burn them as wishes offered to The All. Make it the last words you utter at bedtime when you turn the lights out.

Believe in yourself, you can and always could do it, positive affirmation just helps you realize it and make it manifest. Blessings.