We talk in our post entitled "Break Time Quickie - "Imagine2Create"" about the power of positive thoughts to aid the achievements of goals, and explore further considerations relevant to this in our post entitled "Be Ambitious but be Smart with it to StressBust™ effectively".
But could the opposite be true?
In other words, can taking the time to consider a potentially negative event help focus the mind consciously or sub consciously into preventing that event in fact occurring?
We as humans have short memories when it comes to some things. How many times, for example, have you heard someone with a bad hangover, or parents have just given birth, utter the words "never again" only to go out and do the same again down the line?!
Put another way, when we are satisfied with our lot in life, we tend to take it for granted as we enjoy the moment. And there is nothing wrong with this as it is just part of a human default state which enables us to ""Relax into the Dance of Life"".
The only potential problem with it is the risk that it makes us complacent - see our post entitled "Learn to recognise your Kryptonite to Stressbust™ ahead"
We have a technique to help avoid this when things are going well.
That consists of just taking the odd moment to imagine what life would be like without a particular favourable set of circumstances.
So, by way of illustration, we might imagine what life would be like if we didn't have secure work; or didn't have our close family to rely on; or that we did not enjoy good health; or even that we couldn't grab our favourite coffee locally. And so on and so forth.
We do not dwell on the thoughts as this would be counterproductive. We simply apply our minds briefly to possible alternative scenarios and imagine how they might feel, before returning in full to the present.
We find that this quick exercise amplifies our sense of gratitude for what we have and as importantly reinforces a self interested vigilance not to take steps that may jeopardise the good place we find ourselves in at that time - we describe it rather like a reset button on the TV remote!
We invite readers to try this simple little technique for themselves and welcome, as always, and and all feedback.
BigLove,
LouLoU™&