Before you choose your thoughts, choose your emotions. Choose the emotion that you want to feel, and then choose a thought that matches that emotion. Most of us don’t do that; we just keep thinking thoughts, and those thoughts are on a trajectory. Whatever thought you were thinking before generates the next one, so you have to make a conscious decision to switch out of that train of thoughts and get onto a different train.

If you decide that you're going to choose your emotion first, then you're not on a train of thought by default. You pick the train. 

​Today Facebook served me a story about Mr. Bean - they thought I might like it, and they were right.

I did enjoy it a fair bit, but not for the reasons they might have ascribed.
I enjoyed it because it brought Abraham's teachings to life.
 
Here is the text of the post from a page called Strange Things in a Stunning World. 

Begin Quote [Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) – The story of the man who never gave up on his dreams.
Rowan Atkinson was born into a middle-class family and suffered terribly as a child because of his stuttering. He was also teased and bullied at school because of his looks. His bullies thought he looked like an alien. 
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I don't ever want to make rules because rules are meant to be broken. Rules will make you feel claustrophobic, and really, there is no need for rules because you have this beautiful thing called your guidance system, your internal GPS, which is providing you with information minute to minute about what you should do. Everybody's guidance is going to be different because everybody's had a different journey in life. Now, those are the specifics. The specifics are never the same for any two people. The specifics of how you should go through a day are going to be different, but there is only one overarching thing, one overarching principle, and that is alignment.

Let's talk about how splitting our energy between negative and positive thoughts can hinder us from achieving what we want. Going all in means being fully committed, ready to do whatever it takes. Many people say they want things but aren't truly committed to making them happen, because they split their energy as a result of opposing beliefs.

For instance, if I want more money and I believe I should be job hunting, but I don’t want a job, then I need to align my actions with one of those beliefs. As long as we teeter totter from one to the other, we remain stuck.
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Each person's journey is unique because of their beliefs. A lot of people want to believe money will magically appear before them, but that's not how it works, because they also ask questions like who and how, and when. Which they wouldn’t do if they truly believed that money could appear magically. 

​Have you ever noticed how age doesn't seem to matter as much as we think it does? There are people who look and act so young, not because they're actually young, but because they don't let their age define them. It's true that we've all circled the sun a certain number of times, but that number doesn't have to hold us back.

Some folks believe they're too old for certain things, like finding love or starting a family, even when they're just hitting 40. But age is just a number. I once knew a friend whose 87-year-old mother got married! Age only becomes a barrier when we let it hold us back.

Affirmations are powerful mindset tools. What is an affirmation but a bunch of words? But words have power. They have power because they direct our energy towards certain things and away from others. Whatever we give our attention to is what we ultimately manifest, whether we want it or not.
By incorporating these positive statements and affirmations into your daily routine, you can attract abundance into your life. Whether you are feeling stuck in your career or business, or simply want to enhance your overall mindset, these affirmations can help you unlock your potential and invite prosperity into your life.

This is where people get a little bit mixed up with Law of Attraction because they think that law of attraction is telling me that I shouldn't listen to other people but that's not what law of attraction is telling you. Law of Attraction is telling you to listen to your own guidance. Sometimes your guidance is going to say, do what your mother, your brother, your husband, wife or child wants you to do, or your supervisor at work wants you to do because it feels better than not doing it.​There are times when we want to do what others want us to do, because it feels better than not doing it. Not doing it carries repercussions that feel worse. 
In my coaching practice I sometimes meet people who say that they need boundaries and they interpret this as meaning that they will no longer do what others tell them to do and that means that they have to be rude. But then they feel bad about being rude.  That defeats the purpose. The purpose of setting boundaries is to feel good. 
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