10 AFFIRMATIONS
When we change our attitude towards ourselves,
everything else changes as well, for our life is a
reflection of the way we feel inside.
Dr Mansukh Patel
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Start your affirmations with the first person pronoun, ‘I’. For example:
‘I accept, love and approve of myself and others.’
‘I’m OK. I like myself. I’m proud to be me.’
‘I am influenced only by confident thoughts and positive people.’
‘I respect and admire myself.’
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Use only positive words and phrases which describe what you want,
rather than what you don’t want. For example, say, ‘I’m confident’ rather
than ‘I am not shy’, and ‘I can succeed’ rather than ‘I will not fail.’
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Make your affirmations credible. You won’t leap from no confidence to
perfect confidence overnight, so affirm your willingnessand
determination to change, and your intentionto take the necessary steps.
And – this is very important – put all personal weaknesses and
limitations in the past tense.
A useful sentence construction is, ‘I used to be... but all that is
changing. Now I am becoming more and more... every day.’
Use this form of wording to compose an affirmation that is relevant
to your current needs. For example, ‘I used to be shy, but all that is
changing. I am becoming more and more sociableevery day. I am doing
my best, and I know I will continue to improve.’
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