I Survived Depression - so can YOU!

Every once in awhile someone will look to obtain a result, but never achieve it feeling that it is out of reach.  Very often this desired result is within their grasp, but because of a little voice that I like to refer to as the “critic within” they never even try.

Let’s look at an example, let’s say all your life you want to go sky diving.  You always thought how much fun it would be to jump out of an airplane.  You always thought about the thrill, the feeling and how cool it would be to brag to your friends.  But because of this small voice inside your head you have never gone up in that plane.

You really want to, but because of that small pesky little voice saying that you are too clumsy or two big or too small or too overweight or anything else, you worry that you are going to get hurt.  It’s the critic within that stops so many people from obtaining their goals.

You see, you live your life by the quality of the conversations in your head.  And whether you realize it or not this is practically an ongoing conversation.  Have a good conversation like instead of thinking how you are unable to jump out of a plane and concentrating on how much fun it would be and you will jump out of that plane.

Of course it’s never easy to get the little guy to be quiet.  Sometimes he just goes on and on.  Studies have shown that on average the human mind processes 60,000 thoughts a day.  That would be a lot of work to make sure the conversation that you were having with yourself is generally a positive one.  But it can be done!

The way we do it is through our feelings.  Feels good and you think good - feel bad and you will think that way.  I know by this point you’re probably saying to yourself “my thoughts control my being able to jump out of an airplane?”  Well, I’m saying yes they do if that’s what you want and that your thoughts and the “critic within” determine every aspect of your life and it’s your feelings that determine your thoughts.

Let’s begin by understanding that the most powerful feeling for feeling good is gratitude.  Why not wake up tomorrow morning or better yet let’s begin right now by feeling grateful.  I don’t know what that is for you because for everyone this is different, but I guarantee that by feeling grateful even if it’s just for being alive you will feel better.  By feeling better, you will think better and I guarantee your day to day life will show the results.

Now that we are all happy and grateful, anyone care to take that jump with me?