I never concretized the concept of "changing thinking" until I went to work at the prison in 1995. Yet, I knew about the concept long before. One of the ways I learned about the concept was from the song in the Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical: The Sound of Music. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music when Maria sings about My Favorite Things: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33o32C0ogVM.
I use this concept with my patients at work. I tell them to develop a positive thinking "cheat sheet" I encourage them to list their favorite poem, story, memory, movie, joke, song, positive memory about family, and free world. I explain that as they are having a bad time, they should take out the cheat sheet, go down the list, and find something that will help them.
Then I explain to them as they progress along, they should find things about themselves that they like, are proud of, feel good about, or are in any way are positive about, and add it to their cheat sheet.
I have been to workshops on the power of positive thinking for years before I went to work at the prison. I did not truly embrace and understand the magnitude of controlling, and changing your thinking until I went to work in the prison. The power of thinking is amazing!
If you do not understand that where your thinking goes so goes your actions and feelings, you need to re-evaluate your life, your thinking, your feeling.
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