CHANGE THE SUBJECT

Thoughts are like birds that fly through the sky of our attention.  Some may sit on a wire and hang around for a while if you pay attention to them.  Otherwise, they simply fly by.  One thought follows another. 

What you pay attention to is the key.  You have control over what you do, or don’t, pay attention to.

Some thoughts are sticky and hard to let go of.  They have aroused an emotional response in you.  In other words, you can feel them.  If you have gotten stuck to a bad-feeling thought by paying attention to it, it can be hard to shake.  You do have a choice, though.  You can change the subject.

Choose a good feeling thought.  Since you can’t really think more than one thought at a time, the new, better feeling thought, will push the bad-feeling thought aside.  You can replace your thoughts as often as you wish.  Change the subject until you find a really good-feeling thought and stick with it.  This is just as arbitrary and artificial as it sounds, but it works.

Good feeling thoughts are the ones that are consistent with your highest good in some way.  That’s why they feel good.  Concentrating on them will bring positive experiences into your life.  This is automatic.  You don’t have to think about it.