Introduction

Affirmations really are simple. They are you being in conscious control of your thoughts. They are short, powerful statements. When you say them or think them, they become the thoughts that create your reality. Affirmations, then, are your conscious thoughts.

Research has shown that we have around 70 000 thoughts a day. That’s about 50 thoughts in a minute. Research has also shown that, for most people, 80 per cent of those thoughts are negative. Now, we have been taught to think that most of these 70 000 thoughts are ‘sub-conscious’ thoughts, meaning that they are below our conscious awareness level.

Affirmations actually make your sub-conscious thoughts conscious. Affirmations make you consciously aware of your thoughts. When you start making conscious positive thoughts, you actually become more aware of the negative thoughts that are always threatening to take over.

Affirmations make you conscious of your thoughts. To affirm means to say something positively. It means to declare firmly and assert something to be true.

These affirmations will enable you to live in the present moment; they will enable you to change your life by changing your thoughts. Only you can choose new thoughts, positive thoughts; a whole new way of thinking.

Think about how you want to change your life, what you would like to accomplish and how you want to live. Select an affirmation for the day that will help you to achieve this today in a positive way.