Brenda Schinke

I receive Insight of the Day posts from www.insightoftheday.com

Here’s one I received last Friday:

Curing Victimitis
Source: www.insightoftheday.com

Watch your thoughts; they lead to attitudes.
Watch your attitudes; they lead to words.
Watch your words; they lead to actions.
Watch your actions; they lead to habits.
Watch your habits; they form your character.
Watch your character; it determines your destiny.

These words of unknown origin tell us that our silent and often subconscious choices shape our future. Every aspect of our lives, at home and at work, can be improved if we use our power to think, reflect, and make conscious choices about our thoughts, attitudes, words, actions, and habits.

Instead, many of us think of ourselves as victims. We complain about our circumstances and what others did to us. Whatever psychological comfort there is in feeling powerless and blameless when things aren’t going right, in the end, victims lead unsatisfied lives.

We’re most vulnerable to victimitis when we’re under the influence of powerful emotions like fear, insecurity, anger, frustration, grief, or depression. These feelings are so powerful, we believe our state of mind is inevitable. Our only hope is they will go away on their own. Yet it’s during times of emotional tumult that using our power to choose our thoughts and attitudes is most important. We can’t make pain go away, but we can refuse to suffer.

Even when we don’t like any of our choices, we do have some — once we realize we can take control. It isn’t easy, but what we do and how we choose to feel about ourselves has a profound impact on the quality of our lives. Victims may get sympathy for a while, but that isn’t enough.

Taking personal responsibility for our happiness and success can be scary, but the payoff is enormous. Although we can’t make our lives perfect, we can make them better — usually a lot better.

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Brenda

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Brenda

I received a beautiful blanket with the word DREAM across the blanket. I loved the idea of being wrapped up in my dreams and so I did some investigating as to the creation of this blanket.

Here’s what I found out:

Kristen Schuerlein had a health challenge in her early 30’s. Her doctor described a period of illness that Kristen refused to accept. She would not think of herself or say the word "SICK". Overcoming this health challenge led Kristen to understanding the importance of what we say and ultimately led her to start Affirmagy on Valentine’s Day 2005.

Kristen has now committed herself to the possibility of 1,000,000 people worldwide wrapping themselves and their loved ones in the affirmations that grace Affirmagy’s family of wraps. Kristen’s blankets wrap adults and babies in powerful words of encouragement and love. 

Her vision is a world where people harness the power of "I am" and live a life they truly love.

Check out Affirmagy.com here

Until next time,
Brenda