Here’s a very simple affirmation for today: “I can relax and enjoy life.”

Say it ten times and write it on a card where you’ll see it later. Every time you notice the card, say this another ten times. Affirmations work by programming your sub-conscious mind.

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I’m formulating these affirmations during a meditation session especially for finding a divinely inspired affirmation to post here. This one was probably also inspired by a Coast to Coast AM show I listened to recently, The Psychic Special. (You must be a Streamlink member to listen to it at this point.) The last psychic on the show was Dr. Mona Lisa Schulz. She spoke of medical conditions being outward evidence of internal truths. One of my medical conditions is high blood pressure, so I reason that must mean I’m feeling pressured. Indeed, looking back I can see I developed this condition at a time of my life that I was under an enormous amount of stress. Therefore, I need to learn to live without stress. I believe that’s why this affirmation came up during this morning’s meditation session.

If you find yourself with negative thoughts while you’re saying affirmations, there’s a technique you can use to counter them. Get a piece of paper and fold it in half lengthwise. Say your affirmation, then write down the first negative thought that comes to mind.

Example –
Affirmation: “I can relax and enjoy life.”
Backlash: “No you can’t. There’s nothing to enjoy.”
Write this down on the paper, then on same line, on the other half of the paper, write a response such as “There’s plenty to enjoy in life,” or “I enjoy taking long walks and smelling flowers.”

Fill the entire page with your negative self-talk comments and your positive, specific responses. You will overcome negativity, and your sub-conscious mind will respond beautifully.

Tonight I’m alone - something I’m not used to. I have been a mom to minor children for over 34 years now. But my youngest is 17, and all the others are adults living elsewhere.

My boyfriend, Bob, went to bed in his van outside at about 7pm tonight, and Aaron (the 17-year-old) is spending the night with a friend. So here I am, alone, and I decided I wanted to watch The Secret. The problem was, The Secret was lost. (Does this sound familar?)

I knew my teenage son had watched it a few times, so I looked in his bedroom since I knew it wasn’t in my living room. I couldn’t find it, so I phoned him at his friend’s home.

“Look in the stack of games on top of my TV,” he suggested.

“I’ve looked through them,” I said.

“You have?” He sounded surprised that I’d been checking out his bedroom. His bedroom was decently straightened up, so it wasn’t too scary in there tonight.

“It isn’t there,” I said.

“Well, I can come home tomorrow and help you look for it,” he said, “but think positively! You can find it.” Apparently he’s learned some lessons from his viewing of The Secret.

I liked his suggestion and did some positive affirmations. “I AM finding The Secret. I HAVE The Secret.” Then I decided to use my psychic powers and get a vision of the DVD, to experience the environment it was in. I saw it in a box, packed and stored away.

I went back into Aaron’s room. Now despite how nice the rest of the room looks tonight, the closet is intimidating - packed with clutter and boxes that should have been sorted through five years ago, though I didn’t have the energy for it then. I decided to leave it for tomorrow.

But the feeling persisted. I wanted to watch The Secret tonight! So I used my psychic powers again and this time saw it inside a box, facing the front of the box.

This time I went into Aaron’s room and moved the clothing rack he has his clean school clothes on. This is right in front of the closet because the actual closet is way too cluttered and full for clothing to be hung!

I found The Secret in the second box I looked into - and it was exactly where I had visioned it to be - facing the front side of the box. I was amazed, and knew I had to share this experience with you.

So I watched The Secret tonight. I got a lot of positive feelings and inspirations from it, and before long I knew that for me, the best way to watch The Secret is with my journal on my lap so I can jot down any inspirations that come to me.

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A few words about who I am… Geniyyah, age 55, working at a small restaurant, living for the last 8 years in the cabin in the mountains I manifested for my life, enjoying my spare time with a wonderful man I manifested for my life, deliriously happy, a writer of novels, a blogger and reader and web designer.