One Kind Word To Yourself

A Japanese researcher named Masaru Emoto did a study on water crystals. He and his team took samples from tap water, distilled water, river water, and lake water. They took their water samples from areas close to big cities and far from big cities. They then showed letters and pictures, played music, spoke prayers and kind words to some of the water samples. They exposed other water samples to things that are negative and even ignored some water.  They froze all of the samples and observed the crystals that had formed. The water samples that they showed positive images to, played lovely music, and spoke to nicely had much more beautiful crystals than the other samples. Likewise, the samples from water sources far away from big cities were more beautiful than the samples from sources close to the city. So what does this mean and how is it relevant to this blog or to you?

Our bodies are on average 57-60% water. That means that the things that have a positive effect on water, have a positive effect on our bodies. When we expose the cells of our bodies to negative stimuli we experience negative consequences.  When we envelope our daily lives with positive images, energy, and kind words and music we experience positive results.  Physically speaking one kind word to yourself everyday can have a huge effect on your body, not just on your thoughts, on a very cellular level. Here are some ways you can accomplish this.  If you are stressed tell yourself to breathe. You could say "relax, calm, worthy, courage, strength,” or even “intelligence". If you are angry, speak the words "peace, serenity, stability, solutions" to help ease your anger.  Whatever you are struggling with, find a positive word to counteract it. It will make your life, like the water crystals, much more beautiful.

Here is the website if you want to know more about the water crystals:

http://www.masaru-emoto.net/english/water-crystal.html

With kindness-

Gwen

One Kind Thought

   As you might have read in my last blog post, I am writing about doing One Kind Thing for yourself everyday. It is hard to make radical changes happen quickly in your life. However, slowly making positive changes in your life has an amazing long term affect. I want this blog to really help you understand how impactful being compassionate to yourself can be.

   Our first One Kind Thing assignment is going to be One Kind Thought. We have about 20,000 to 60,000 thoughts a day. How many of yours are negative? I often ask this question to people. The common response is that large portions of their everyday thoughts are negative. Consistently thinking negative thoughts to yourself creates a negative outlook on life for you. So lets switch that! Everyday think one kind thought to yourself. This could be about something great happened at work that you were apart of, or something that you thought would go wrong but actually worked out. Instead of tearing yourself down for the one thing that went wrong in your day, build yourself up for the one thing that went right in your day. Maybe your boss gave you a good report on your progress or the coffee you drank in the morning was a little tastier than normal. When you look at yourself in the mirror at night, instead of thinking about what you do not like about your appearance, think about what you do like. You get the picture. The goal is positivity and consistency. One day at a time you will be one step closer to being a more positive person, which can change your life for the better.

With kindness-

Gwen