How to Recreate Your Life

“School days, school days, wonderful golden rule days. Readin’ and ‘ritin’ and ‘rithmetic””

Remember those Three R’s? There is another set of three R’s which can change your “sort of - kind of” into “Absolutely Positively:” Recognize, Refute, and Reprogram.

Recognize: If we want to recreate our life, we have to start by becoming aware of what we aren’t happy with. And sometimes, it is hard to recognize. For example, think about the phrase “yeah, but?”

“Yeah, buts” are strong negative affirmations. (I am filled with glorious heath and energy — yeah, but do I feel so lousy? OR yeah, but I’ve just been diagnosed with cancer. Here’s another one: I am a money magnet, and have plenty to share and spare — yeah, but how am I going to meet my bills this month? I am one with God and all is well — yeah, but God seems to be sleeping this week!)

“When, then games” are how we trick ourselves into putting off our joy. (For example, we might say “I believe that what we give comes back to us multiplied — and when I get that new job, then I’ll start really tithing!” Another example is “I believe I a, connected with Divine Substance, and when I start getting my retirement income, then I’ll be able to have fun!)

“Mismatching words and actions” occurs when what we say and what we do don’t match. (For example, when we dance, we count steps — triple step, triple step, rock step — but quite often our feet are not moving in sync with our words!

Refute: Deny any power of other people’s attitudes to affect you. (I refuse to allow our attitude to have any affect on my attitude). Deny any power of appearance of lack, or illness, or fear to affect you. (There is no lack in my world. OR This perceived illness has no power over me.)

These statements are called denials — which means to declare to be not true; to declare as utterly false. We use denials to put our error thoughts where they belong. Denials are a way of talking back, refusing to give power to something ‘outside’ of us that seems controlling or restrictive.

Reprogram : Whenever we deny power to something, it is extremely important that we follow up with a strong affirmation! We must fill the void created by denials with powerful statements of Truth. In the Gospel of Luke 11:24-26, Jesus shares a parable about a man who cleaned his house and eliminated an evil spirit. However, when the spirit returned and, finding the “house” swept clean, decided to move back in, and brought along seven of his cronies, all more evil than he. This is just a reminder to us of how critical it is to solidify our beliefs and reprogram our thinking, by following up denials with powerful affirmations!

In her classic, Lessons in Truth, Emilie Cady states: “to affirm anything is to assert positively that it is so, even in the face of all contrary evidence. Deny the appearance of evil; affirm good. Deny weakness; affirm strength. Deny any undesirable condition, and affirm the good you desire.”

The critical ingredient for success is to claim your affirmations with power — with faith! When you use a lackadaisical approach, you are simply wishing. When you affirm in a manner that says “Without a Doubt,” from the strength of your Christ consciousness, you are speaking with a voice of knowing faith and Truth!

We attended our granddaughter’s graduation from the pre-Brownies group, Daisies, and enjoyed looking through the gift her leaders had given each girl: an album filled with pictures capturing the events they had participated in during the year. One of the pictures showed the girls lying on the ground, in front of a fire truck, with the words “Stop, Drop, Roll” above the photo. Our granddaughter proudly told us that it was a phrase the firefighters taught them, so they would know what to do if they ever caught on fire: Stop, Drop, Roll.

It connected with us as a reinforcement of these 3 R’s: STOP — Recognize the “sort of-kind of’s” that dilute your spiritual growth and happiness; DROP — Release thoughts and actions that are out of sync with Truth by denying their power; and ROLL — Reaffirm the transformative power of the beliefs, the Truths, of spiritual principles! Make the 3 R’s a regular part of your life, so you change your “sort of-kind of” into ‘”Absolutely Positively!”

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