Words are powerful! Sometimes you don't realize that when you are talking to yourself, silently or out loud, your words are impressed in your mind. When something is impressed on your mind enough times, sooner or later, it is brought into your experience.

For example: Do you know someone who always says "So-and-so gives me a pain in the back side!" (Or words to that effect.) Stick around that person long enough and you most likely will see that he is having back problems, in most cases, lower.

Why? you ask. What was the guy telling his brain every time someone upset him? Narrow it down to what is the usual focus point in his ranting and raving? His backside. It doesn't take a genius to realize his continual programming is working.

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Don't let that be you. Watch what you say. If you have to say something to your brain, at least make it something that won't hurt as much. "That guy gives me a pain in my little pinkie!" At least you've narrowed it down to something that doesn't keep you from walking, sitting, and lying down painlessly. And while you're at it, why don't you have it go somewhere other than to the pinkie in your dominant hand. Like so: "That guy gives me a pain in my little left pinkie!" There. By now, you're laughing. It's ridiculous, isn't it? But you know what? Maybe some of the anger left. That would be terrific.

How about this? Do you call yourself stupid, or clumsy, or lazy, or weak, or afraid? If you do, are you beginning to realize that you are programming yourself, and, in effect, issuing a self-fulfilling prophecy? Even if you use such words about yourself in supposed jest, your brain is listening. So, if you do, STOP IT NOW! Become aware of what you say and think, of what you are programming into your life tomorrow and on, into the future! Some of the things you did or are doing as a teenager may seem funny. Project yourself into the future and see how such words could be affecting that same future. It just might be worth stopping immediately anything that limits you as a person.

So, just to make sure you understand, if, for example, you make a mistake, and you call yourself stupid, what have you done? You've programmed stupid to show up again, because you've told your brain you are stupid. What? You didn't think it worked that way? Well, let's look at it again. You called yourself stupid, now the next day a test of some sort comes up. What is going to suddenly make you smart? Nothing. What is going to make you stupid? The fact that you told your brain you were, and your brain is remembering it. What can you expect your brain to do, EXCEPT what you've told it?

How about this. Why don't you say instead, "I made a mistake." Everyone makes mistakes, and most mistakes can be corrected. Making a mistake does not make you stupid, it makes you human. So when you feel stupid, don't compound the problem by saying you're stupid. Alleviate the problem by saying you made a mistake. Keep it open maybe, by adding "but tomorrow I'll do better." That helps you look forward to tomorrow. Let this axiom work in your favor. Good, bad, or indifferent, the more you think it, the more you say it, the more you ATTRACT it! Do you want it in your life? You make your own future. You make the decision. Good luck!

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Jan Tincher is a Hypnotherapist and Master Neuro-Linguistic Programmer. She writes a unique free weekly e-zine, Tame Your Brain! If you would like to subscribe, visit her web site at http://www.tameyourbrain.com/.