Each night before bedtime,
try to devote 10 minutes of quiet time to yourself with no distractions.
During this time, relax and close your eyes, and start visualizing
yourself sitting on the shore of a peaceful lake or pond, surrounded by
beautiful fields of flowers and rolling hills. Gaze around and you
see nature in its exquisite glory. You reach down to the water and
splash a few handfuls on your head and face, and let the water drip off
you. As the water drips away, it has cleansed away all bad thoughts and
replaced them with good. End each 10 minute session by affirming
to yourself a statement like, "I am not going to remain in a rut any
longer - I deserve to start enjoying life and I will obtain my share of
happiness that awaits me." Then get up and look to the majestic clouds
and say, "I am ready." Repeat this exercise for 10 minutes each night,
and do so for 10 nights in a row. While this exercise may sound
silly, after 10 nights you will have changed the conditioning of your
thought process to start thinking of good things once again.
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