Change the Channel

I am a really slow reader so when I choose a book, it's a bit like a marriage commitment. I have to be really drawn into the content to persevere through to the last page. If it becomes a chore requiring more effort than enjoyment, the book becomes yet another place holder on my bookshelf.
I have just started a new self-help book and it is echoing the sentiments of my recent blogs so has piqued the attention of my internal antennae. The gist of the book is learning how to realise that "Life Loves You", the title of the book, and that it is you who can change your life to an amazing experience beyond a mere existence. I won't regurgitate the author's work here but when something really stands out I will certainly borrow the concept and add my slant on it.

Almost as a confirmation of my blog two weeks ago about taking control of your thoughts, a concept in the first few chapters of the book has struck a note:
The thoughts we have in our head, whether a recurring fleeting image or a long playing complicated high definition movie, often sound, look and feel so real that we believe they are true. The real truth is that they are NOT REAL. They are just your thoughts. The second part of that is just as profound, 'YOUR' thoughts. They belong to you, created by you, are controlled by you and are certainly not larger than you. You are in control and can chose how to react to whatever is in your mind at any time. My way of relating this concept is watching the tv and allowing the content to tell you what to do, act and feel. You are in control of the remote, change the channel!

I realise we are not robots and stressful or emotional situations are not easily forgotten or changed with the ease of pressing a button. We have to process events to move through and past them. I am referring to that constant replay-thought that keeps reminding you of something you failed at or didn't achieve. Those are the channels to monitor and change as soon as it affects your perception of loving life or living it.

"Life doesn't just happen to you; it happens for you."  - Louise Hay.