Ann

You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go

Positive Energy

It's so easy to look around and notice what's wrong.

It takes practice to see what's right.

Many of us have lived around negativity for years. We've become skilled at labeling what's wrong with other people, our life, our work, our day, our relationships, our conduct, our recovery, and ourselves.

We want to be realistic, and our goal is to identify and accept reality. However, this is often not our intent when we practice negativity. The purpose of negativity is usually annihilation.

Negative thinking empowers the problem. It takes us out of harmony. Negative energy sabotages and destroys. It has a powerful life of its own.

So does positive energy. Each day, we can ask what's right, what's good - about other people, our life, our work, our day, our relationships, ourselves, our conduct, our recovery.

Positive energy heals, conducts love, and transforms. Choose positive energy.

Today, God help me let go of negativity. Transform my beliefs and thinking, at the core, from negative to positive. Put me in harmony with the good.

From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.

Ann

The best way for me to transform my negative thoughts into positive energy is through gratitude.

When I get annoyed over something that really isn't life challenging, I try to remember to think "If this is my biggest problem today...thank You God!"

Today I have to go to the dentist to have a tooth extracted and begin some restoration work that I have neglected. Nothing can throw negative energy into a day faster than a dentist appointment, yes?

Well, I can be grateful that a good dentist is new in town and got me in quickly, before further problems.

I can be grateful for a dental plan that will cover most of the work needed.

I can be grateful that my biggest problem today is only a dentist appointment.

See how it works?

Happy Tuesday Everyone!!