sponse to an affirmation, write something like this as your response:
(I know there is something there in my mind, but it is not coming
out yet.)
Then write something like this as an affirmation to deal with
this response: It is safe for me to know about everything in my mind.
Composing New Affirmations to Deal with
Your Responses
With experience, you’ll get better at composing affirmations to
deal with your responses primarily because you will gain a better un-
derstanding of the negative parts of your mind—the parts you may
feel ashamed about or have been struggling to deny. (Also, over
time you will take your negative thoughts less seriously.) As uncom-
fortable as it may be, this understanding will benefit you greatly.
Some people have reported that their responses are the exact
words of one of their parents. This tends to occur most frequently
in responses to affirmations written in the second person. Hence
the affirmation preamble: “Now that I am grown up.. .”
Inversion is probably the simplest method of composing new af-
firmations to deal with negative responses. Take the negative re-
sponse and invert it directly into a positive statement, adding one of
the affirmation preambles, if required, for believability. Consider
the next examples:
Response Affirmation to Deal with It
That will never happen. It is within the realm of
all possible events that...
I don’t know how. I have the ability to learn
anything I set my mind to.
What will people think? I am the source of my own
approval.Acceptance of Shortcomings
Unless you can accept your shortcomings, success becomes a com-
pulsion—a requirement. Not only does this lack of acceptance
cause you to feel guilty, it also robs you of the satisfaction that
comes with success. A healthy acceptance of your shortcomings re-
moves the denial that makes problems impossible to solve. Thus “It
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