The power of watching the first and last few thoughts…

“Oh! why does the alarm go off so early”

 Sounds familiar? Well, if you start a day with regret and disgust, you are more likely to end your day too with it. Watching the first ten “why”s of your day does give you tremendous power to boost or to redo what is waiting ahead… Starting your day with a smile and telling yourself, “Good Morning beautiful self… The day is gonna be simply amazing” and with appreciation does help build confidence in yourself as well as a positive aura around you. I have heard my grandma telling me that when we wake up from the wrong side of the bed, the day gets to be bad. Now, after 23 years, I understand it isn’t about the side but about the mindset. Many Indian Hindus, wake up and rub their palms and sleepily open their eyes to see their palms. I was taught to do this too. But hey, I couldn’t see the God they were asking me to see. All I could see was my own soft palms and tiny fingers. I am not the sort of the person who could be so easily convinced about such superstitions. But now, I have realized that it isn’t about seeing God really… but about waking up with a small prayer to oneself! It is about thanking God for all that has been given to oneself and about making the most of it that day. We deserve all happiness and all wealth in the world. But only a few are successful in getting all that they want. Others end up settling for something – anything that is at the reach of their hands and get contented just too soon. My dad for example, his only ambition in his life was to get all his three daughters well educated and happily married; a nice house to spend his retired life at, with my mom. I keep wondering why he never wanted to become a millionaire and why he had to settle for anything less? Well, all this probably cuz he didn’t know about the power of the first and last few thoughts in a day. When we sleep and wake up, our mind is fresh and very active in accepting commands. So when you ask of it to be happy, it will be happy, when you ask of it to feel sick – lo, you are down with a headache or fever. However, you can also ask of it to think of ways to become rich, successful and powerful. This active command system will really help your mind get tuned to achieve all that has been commanded for as it will keep triggering you to do something to put it at peace.

 As important as it is to watch our first few thoughts, it is also very important to watch our closing thoughts for the day. Sleeping with negative thoughts like, “Why was the day so bad?” “Why was the boss so mad?” will only lead to a harder next day as your mind is only gonna ponder over these things and give you nightmares, without letting you sleep. I was in class 10 and it was a difficult mathematics problem and I was so badly trying to solve it. That is when my dad walked up to me and told me to go to bed thinking about the problem. He told me that Mother Earth will solve it for me. I chuckled and obeyed (after it was about going to bed – I could afford to obey it). The next day, I woke up and he told me to get a fresh paper and try solving the same problem. I did do it – smoothly and correctly. I dismissed the fact that Mother Earth could have helped and thought it was just my own fresh mind that helped me do the problem. But today, I have realized that it is more than that. It is really about the fact that I slept seeking for a solution and my mind gave me the answer the next day. The three affirmations of Christ – “ask and it shall be given; seek and you shall find it; and knock and the door shall open” have worked wonders on many lives. For others who are wondering how to apply it in your lives,  that is exactly what I am here to tell you – asking or seeking or knocking just before or after sleep does make all the more impact in your lives.

 Thank you and I do hope you enjoyed reading my blog!

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