Your Tounge Can Be Very Powerful...

I cannot say this enough; there is power in the spoken word. Every Saturday I stand outside with the little girls that I mentor and watch them as they shout as loud as they can a list of positive affirmations. It makes me shiver sometimes, knowing that it is power in what they are yelling. As they continue to yell things such as, "I am a strong, beautiful, intelligent, black woman", I can't help but smile at the fact that as they continue to say this about a million times throughout the year, that at least half of them will take what they are saying to heart. I watched it happen with my own eyes.

Everyone should be saying positive affirmations daily, which are usually short positive statements targeted at a specific subconscious set of beliefs, to challenge and undermine negative beliefs and to replace them with positive self-nurturing beliefs.

It is sort of like brainwashing yourself. You are washing away your negative thoughts and replacing them with positive ones. Using positive affirmation statements forces you to stay focused on your goals and paint a more positive picture of yourself.

It is important that you create your own affirmations. You want them to be specific to your needs and wants. But below are some examples of cool affirmations that you can modify.

• I release any desperation and allow love to find me
• I am my own unique self - special, creative and wonderful (http://www.vitalaffirmations.com/)
  
• I realize that all the good there is, all the Presence there is, all the Power there is, is immediately available and immediately responsive to my acceptance (http://www.scienceofmind.com/site/affirmations/aff01.html)
  
• I can achieve all things, for the power rest inside of me.
• No weapon formed against me shall prosper (The good book)
• I am beautiful just the way God created me
  

As you see you can say just about anything positive about relationships, career goals, personal life, and even your physical appearance.

You can say your affirmations anytime you like. You can even write them down some place that you look everyday, like your mirror.

Everything that we do starts with faith that we can do it. We must get rid of negative thoughts, for those thoughts can be our reality as well.

80% of achieving is mental...

-The Socialite