How many times have you been in a “bad” mood and had a hard time getting out of it? I’m sure it happens more often than you realize. I have a simple technique that is foolproof and guarantees that you will feel better immediately. I can’t take credit for it, though. It was first presented to me by Dr. Robert Anthony, author of “The Secret of Deliberate Creation.” This is how it works. When you have a negative feeling, it causes a negative vibration, which is very difficult to change. However, once you identify those feelings, you can “flipswitch” to something else that will make you feel much better.
All you do is ask yourself if feeling bad is going to make your situation better. If not, then find some positive feeling, thought, incident, or memory and keep that thought in mind, for the moment. That thought will cancel out the negative thought. Flipswitching from the negative to the positive becomes easier the more you do it. The trick is to notice as soon as you start feeling bad so you can immediately turn that thought around with something more uplifting.
I’ve used it a number of times recently. I thought I was catching a cold and when I worry about it, it makes me feel worse. So instead of being concerned about getting a cold, I used the power of flipswitch and focused instead on something more pleasant. I like to think about the baby alligators I saw in a nature preserve, or the waterfalls I saw in Hawaii. Both make me feel good and at peace and allow me to stop focusing on what I most fear. By changing my thought I don’t allow the negativity to take hold, increasing the chances for my day to progress more positively. And by the way, I didn’t get a cold.
So, you’ll notice that your mood changes immediately when you become aware of your own personal power. This is how you stay in control instead of dwelling on what you don’t want. Your vibrational pattern will change, your mood will change and circumstances won’t seem as bad as you thought they were.
Negative thoughts are like a disease and only you allow yourself to be infected with it. Practice this exercise and flipswitch your thoughts so you shift in the direction of what you truly want.