We have all experienced the power of a good and positive statement about ourselves. When someone tells us we are great at doing something, we feel great about that affirmation, we believe it. Say someone said you were a really good dancer. Pretty soon, we want to continue to be good dancers, so we work on being a good dancer and people constantly tell us how great we are. This constant repetition makes it a part of us. We fully believe and embody being a good dancer.
That example is the power of an affirmation. It can help transform us for the better, maneuver us
towards the good and the positive. However, that example discussed someone else giving us an
affirmation. What happens during the times that no one is around? Or if no one is there to reinforce your actions? Well, the answer is simple: affirm yourself!
We can affirm ourselves daily. Doing this for ourselves will help transform us the way other
affirmations do, and it will help us constantly become better. Some people feel silly doing this,
however, or feel that if they tell themselves something, it doesn’t really work. So how do we
concretely affirm ourselves and give our affirmations the same power it would as if someone else had said it? Again the answer is simple: write it down!
Writing down our affirmations helps us see the positive statement exactly. It gives us encouragement, and slowly helps us believe the statement to be true. Every affirmation statement has power, even if it is from yourself to yourself. Writing it down gives it that power.
When writing down your affirmations in order to give it power and help it transform your life, the
first thing you have to do is write yourself a letter. In this letter, visualize your affirmation.
Explain to yourself why you should believe this statement (and make sure the statement is believable!
If it is not believable, your subconscious will reject it.) Make sure the letter is filled with
positive statements, ones that deny your current situation or focus on what you want and not what you want to get rid of. For example, write to yourself: “you are not a bad dancer (this is denying your possible current situation of believing you are a bad dancer), and in fact you have the power to become the best dancer in your class (this is focusing on what you want to happen).”
After you’ve written yourself a letter, do something that makes your affirmation concrete and put it up. Some people like hanging an inspirational message that reminds them of their affirmation or paint a picture that reminds them of the positive statement. Setting up a reminder of your affirmation will help you counter any negative energy or thoughts that you may have regarding the statement.
Next, repeat your affirmation to yourself. You may want to say it to yourself in the mirror every
morning when you get ready for work (make sure you say it several times) or record it onto a tape, and listen to it a few times a day. Some people like writing it down everyday, and following the written statement with their thoughts regarding the affirmation for the day. The constant repetition of your affirmation will help you the way it did before. You will strive to make sure it is true, you will believe it to be true, and then you will embody it as a truth.
Finally, ask yourself what needs to be done and do it! Make sure you practice your affirmation or do
something concrete, that will make it a truth, everyday. This means that everyday, you will be doing something that turns your affirmation into a reality.