An affirmation, in my opinion, is positive self-talk. It is really what you say or think to yourself over and over again. Most people tend to look at the negative first and let our incessant chatter box take over. What if I told you that it is possible to train your mind to think positive first? Do you want to start changing your life for the better? Then start using affirmations and retrain your mind to think and speak positively. Your first promise to yourself is to stop complaining and blaming! More specifically, every complaint is a negative affirmation that cancels out your positive affirmations. When that happens, your life situations stay the same or get worse.

The Law of Attraction teaches us to consciously create our lives by monitoring our thoughts, making choices and paying close attention to how you feel about what you say or think. The secret to making your affirmation work is to make it true for you.

An affirmation is stated in the present tense because you only live in the present. Eckhart Tolle in his book “Power of Now” repeats over and over again that the past is gone, it is history. The future is a fantasy and the only moment we have is NOW. The universe responds to your thoughts and feelings NOW and gives you what you want.

Michael Losier, in his book, has nailed it. He states that the words have to be congruent with your feelings. When you say to yourself, “I am rich or I have lots of money” and you have very little money, and it feels unattainable to you. You will create negative feelings and the Law of Attraction will respond by giving you more of the same. That is you will always have a lack of money because the words are not true for you. The correction can be stated as, “I am in the process of creating prosperity.” Does this feel attainable to you? Does it make you feel good about your financial situation? Then use this method.

Remember, there is no write or wrong. It is about how you feel when you use the affirmations because the Law of Attraction responds to your feelings.

I monitor my thoughts a lot more than ever before and it takes practice. Every morning I am grateful for everyone and everything in my life and I make a choice to make it a happy day by thinking positive throughout the day and complaining less.

So let us continue with the example, I am in the process of creating prosperity. This is in one area of your life and now you want to create the feelings and goose bumps so that the Law of Attraction can respond to the feelings by giving you more of the same. Therefore, create statements under this affirmation like:

• More and more money flows to me easily and effortlessly.
• I love knowing that abundance is always embracing me.
• It is so exciting to know that opportunities are everywhere.
• Everyday and everywhere, life supplies all my needs.

Practice affirmations early in the morning when you just wake up and at night just before you go to sleep.

I started using affirmations after reading Michael’s book and believe me; it has changed my life, my mindset and my relationships. You will find lots of books and articles on affirmations and it does not matter how it is used or what words are used. It has to be true for you. If your affirmations have been working for you then keep using them. If they have not been working for you, then try using the statement “I am in the process”.

I also love affirmations by Louise L. Hay because her affirmations ring true for me too.

Start changing your life now, it is your choice.