Time for a Mental Diet. Try not to think any negative thoughts for seven full days that is 168 hours.

It is so hard when I’m at work. All the people, co-workers think that my desk is the complaint department. I get one to five people stopping by most days and unloading complaints about something that isn’t going right with their job. I just smile and try to help them.

It can be very exhausting to listen to them and not get caught up in their problems. (Their Negative Attitude). It’s like I’m some kind of magnet drawing them to me. I’m usually able to help them fix what is broken or guide them to the place they can find the answers to their problems.

Some just want to just let off some steam to someone who will listen and console them. I’ve always been a good listener. During these interactions, I have become the observer this week. Reminding myself to not have any negative thoughts while people ranted and raved about their problems.

I would recite “ I can be what, I will to be.!” The law of substitution in my head as they talked. Or I recited ”I greet this day with love in my heart.” Was another thought I used to not think about negative thoughts.

It sure was different as I watched my mind search for ways not to think negatively. I was proud of myself and my mind that it was able to be in the moment and make the new habit come to life.

It is a choice to think positively. I choose today to think of good things. I am still trying to string together 168 hours consecutively of good positive thoughts together.

Each day has its challenges, but I will persist and I will succeed.