Life is Easy!
Posted on July 02, 2019 by Tracy Baranauskas, One of Thousands of Life Coaches on Noomii.
If you are certain that life is a struggle, then that's exactly what it will be. Try this new mantra instead!
Many of us have grown up with messages like: Life is hard or Life is a struggle, and so we don’t even question the negative energy that this thought might create.
We accept this notion as a “fact” because that’s what our brain does: find “evidence” to support our thoughts. Then over time, these thoughts become beliefs which we interpret as facts.
Think of the saying: That’s life! No one uses this adage to mean, good things happen all the time.
Nope, it’s used when things go wrong… when there is a break up, or someone loses their job or gets sick, that’s when we hear, that’s life! But this is not what we hear when a person wins the lottery, finds the love of their life or recovers from illness, right?
I really gave this some thought recently after a client said to me with great confidence: Life is a struggle.
I had to coach her hard on this thought because our thoughts become our results. If we expect life to be a struggle, well then imagine how that will impact our feelings, actions, and then our results!
It was during this client’s coaching session that we developed the mantra: Life Is Easy!
Later, I decided to try it out in my own life. It has since become such a game-changer for me, that I thought I would share it in this newsletter.
I hope you give it a try!
Here’s what I did…
I have been repeating this mantra throughout my day, especially when I first wake up. Then, I make a conscious effort to look for “evidence” to support this thought.
Whoa! Once I opened my mind to this idea, it turns out, life has been easy!
For instance, I was working on some technology issues last night.
Although what I was doing might be basic and simple for most folks, I am a bit behind the times on this front. My thought would typically be something like: This is complicated. I don’t know what I’m doing, and of course, followed by feelings of dread.
But last night, I thought, Life is easy, and it was!
Even when something didn’t work the first time and I was tempted to go back to my old way of thinking, I corrected myself, and relaxed. Amazingly, this gave my brain a chance to problem-solve creatively with much less effort.
Our thoughts truly become our results, so consider embracing this new mantra.
Your brain may want to argue with you for a while and provide you with “evidence” to the contrary – but take charge of it and commit to Life is Easy!
Doesn’t that feel awesome? Breathe…
