Controlling My Thoughts - My Affirmations

More affirmations gained through my reading and Al-Anon. Here is a section on "Thinking." Thinking can be my best friend or my worst enemy. Gaining control over my thoughts is probably the most important thing I can do. All these affirmations are designed for me to focus on the positive and put the negative into perspective. Notice I said "put the negative into perspective." It's not about eliminating the negative, which I would have placed a bet on two years ago. I have learned that the more I try to eliminate negative thoughts the more power I give my negative thoughts.

Controlling My Thoughts;

1. I decide what my brain is going to think about just as I decide how my arm is under my control.
2. I decide what I am going to think about.
3. I learn to choose what to think about so I can control my responses and this gives me real self-confidence.
4. I know the only person I can change is me.
5. I control the smallest and insignificant actions of my daily life.
6. I use self-observation: Do I feel tense?; Do I feel scared?
7. I then go into self-control. I calm myself in the midst of misfortune and nervousness. I am able to gain calm.
8. I know the calm person has far better chances of success in all areas of life than someone who is prey to a thousand tricks and turns of emotion.
9. I know this is exemplified when faced with a threatening situation; I should strive for balance and poise;
10. - I hold off a moment before talking or responding to someone who offends.
11. - I think before responding in anger or retreating in sullenness.
12. - I should have enough confidence to temper my anxieties with reason.
13. - I know only this brings clarity and patience into my view of the situation.
14. I know the tragedy and the beauty of human consciousness is; "We live in the mind."
15. I influence the kinds of experiences I have in the world by learning to program and select my thoughts.
16. I know approaching things from a negative viewpoint is giving me two strikes before I even step up to the plate.
17. I know the person who habitually predicts success has a far greater chance of achieving it.

That's it for today.

Thanks for the kind words everyone has given me. It has meant a lot to me as I go through - what is for me - uncharted territories - and an emotional drain.

My brain manufactures a lot of my hostility and negativity however. And I need to get my thinking under my control.

And the words expressed here have helped me believe I have a lot of friends I have yet to meet.

Thank you all and best wishes.