The Broken Record
By: Sherard Romar
Tags: Meditation, Thoughts, Change, Mental Health, Awareness

In many books there is a consistent message throughout each text that stands to be very true. You are what you think about! What we think about creates images.

The imagery that we have play through our minds on a day to day basis plays a huge role in how we interact and feel. Some may be aware of this message and some may not.

Eventually the imagery that we play through our minds becomes a tune that we walk by. A song that we listen to and begin to believe. For some this could happen without being aware that it is.

Being unaware or dangerously walking through life can be like walking through life with a blind fold on. Believing in a song that you are not aware of what message is being given. Here is what this could look like.

Imagine you have a pet fish. There is the fishbowl, the food, the cleaning products, and the extra cool pieces to make it look nice. Everything is now put together and wallah you have a nice set up for your pet fish.

Its nice to have this scenery of your pet fish and the sounds that come. The enjoyment of having a pet that doesn't need to much attention!

Until! Dirty things start to grow and find homes in the pet fishes environment and the longer its not given attention it builds up. The pet fish will have a hard time surviving in this type of environment causing the fish to possibly become ill.

Thoughts or the tunes that we play in our minds can be just like the dirtiness that built up in the pet fishes environment. This can be negative from our inner selves or something someone else has said in our presence or something we may have read. It could also be what you think you saw to believe is true.

The pet fish could not survive in this type of environment. I would say that neither can our minds.

Now its time to clean it up! Its time to get those tools and products and clean out the pet fishes environment. A temporary environment will need to be provided while the cleaning is being done. This involves taking the fish out of the fishbowl and placing it in a cleaner temporary one.

In order for us to clean, purge, or change our minds I think we would have to do the same. We would have to find a temporary environment that we can go to. Once we are in that environment we can begin to look at the tune(s) we are playing in our minds.Choosing the space for your temporary environment often involves prioritizing the activity. There are multiple places without much or any interruptions. The space should promote a sense of peace and tranquility and should possibly be away from traffic noise, kids playing or dogs barking.

The power of repetition could play a big role in how effective the results are. Why? When we do things repetitively knowing or not we create a habit. This habit can be good for us and it could be bad. This will sow good or sow bad, and will either reap good or reap bad. Are we aware is the question?

What you think you will eventually believe, and what you believe you will eventually become. It should be safe to say that we are where we are because of our thinking. Because of our thoughts, or the tunes we allow to play in our minds. Everyday we all wake up and have a choice after we open our eyes. A choice to go down a different path or a choice to continue down the existing path. It should also be safe to say we are where we are because of our choices.

If we examine the tunes in our minds, and actually listen to an verify if its what we want to believe our life to be, then change can begin to be made. Time will have to be made in order for us to examine our minds properly. I encourage anyone reading this to take the time to look at what your telling yourself to believe. If change needs to be made then take those steps, and if your already down your path then continue to grow your awareness!

Stop for a minute and consider this, are you doing things out of habit or are you doing it right? We all have habits and they are not always good habits. When making changes in your life to improve your situation, it can be difficult to get yourself into a good routine an develop good habits. When you are working on creating good habits, you need to make sure that you give yourself credit even for the minor successes that occur every day. Even when things aren’t going quite like you want it, you will likely get a small part of your daily goal right and you need to give yourself credit for that. The better you feel about your achievements the more likely you are to make those good habits permanent habits. If you are down, you are far less likely to build up a desire to complete your goals.

If you go at it from the point of view that you are going to succeed, beginning with small steps that form a habit that you automatically do as part of your daily life, you’ll enjoy the positive change you are aiming for. If you find yourself in a stagnate position, there is no better way to get out of that stagnation than by implementing consistent steps that go in a better direction.

The question becomes, how does a person create these new habits? It isn’t always easy. We all have busy lives filled with all kinds of responsibilities that make it difficult to implement change. For thousands of people, using the mini habit concept has changed their lives. These same people would likely have failed if they had tried to change their behavior using more traditional methods. Mini habits amount to making small changes over time rather than attempting to make a huge change that you find overwhelming. When you find something to overwhelming, you are more likely to fail than create your new habit. When we feel overwhelmed, we are more likely to slip back into what we are comfortable with and that means failure.

Our minds can better handle small changes. A small step that doesn't create panic and make us feel like it is beyond our ability. So, if you are working on improving yourself and you are doing it using mini habit changes, you are doing it right. If not, you may need to change. Know, having a good interpersonal relationship is vital especially when it comes to molding yourself to become a better person.