yea the way it works for me is I must only say things that I sincerely believe are true
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yeah this sounds way better phew
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some of mine are things like
The world is bigger and more mysterious than I can know, and it will continue surprise me in unexpected ways
Change is possible
Great things can come from small beginnings
^ little riffs like these nudge me towards a way of being that I enjoy
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Speaking truths is an important part of it for me as well. You could imagine someone truly unhappy with their life standing in front of a mirror, repeating, "I am happy. I am loved."
Personally, that sounds like invalidating the truth.
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I find it helpful to get very precise and specific. βI feel/felt happy when... my cat rubs against my legβ
little things like that assemble into a patchwork
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i started writing a list in a thread and noticed i wanted to do it much more privately but i liked βchange is possibleβ a lot, sparked some other good ones too π
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Iβm very anti βtrick yourself until it worksβ and cautiously pro βremind yourself of true things you may be able to healthily update onβ
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for my money, "affirmations as provocations" is the part that most people miss
"It's safe to be creative"
...is that a felt no? huh cool okay... then skillfully working with that
HT Eugene Gendlin for: '"everything in my life is gucci..." hrngh..'
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also shows up in The Artists Way, which is a surprisingly good book (perhaps less surprising given that it has withstood the test of time for some decades -- tho I don't expect it to last a century)
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