Affirmations are statements you make to yourself. They are the thoughts you think during the day or the statements you make out loud . Affirmations can promote spiritual and emotional health or they can block your spiritual and emotional growth. Affirmations can become part of your daily routine. They were formed as part of your daily routine and you can change them the same way. Repeating affirmations over and over again when you are getting dressed, when you work out or exercise, or when you are stressed, helps to lay a foundation for growth and change in your life. Repetition and belief in them are the keys to having them become a part of your reality. What you believe, you become. So start believing in yourself and repeating these new affirmations to yourself throughout the day.
The best place to start for creating your own affirmation is with two verbs - the verb "to be" and the verb "to have". Coincidentally, these are the same two verbs you first learn when you learn a foreign language. They are where you begin to create a spiritual language for yourself. Since affirmations may be foreign to you, these two verbs will launch you into describing yourself as spiritual being and portraying your spiritual essence.
Other verbs to consider using are "to receive", "to give", "to speak", "to see", "to be able", "to believe" and "to know". Once you get started, you will see that creating your own affirmations will become second nature to you and they will begin to replace any statements you think to yourself or say out loud that create limitations to your growth.
So, anytime you catch yourself thinking or saying something that is not supporting you as a spiritual being, say an affirmation.
Appreciations are thoughts expressing gratitude and thankfulness for what you are seeing, experiencing and feeling. Throughout the day, it is a good practice to look for whatever is good, pure, uplifting and positive and to say "I am appreciative of ..." or "I am grateful for ....", or "I am thankful for ..." Then, keep track of these thoughts and statements. Reviewing them when you aren't feeling appreciative, grateful or thankful is a wonderful way to turn it around.
