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How to Give Words of Encouragement and Affirmation. Words are powerful and influence all aspects
of our lives. Those specially chosen for encouragement and affirmation can elevate everyone's spirits,
including your own. You will need New outlook Compliments and repetition. Step 1. Speak
encouragements and affirmations in the present tense, rather than the future. Positively
hoping for something yet to come denies the good you experience now. A Penn State study
discovered we have many more negative words in our vocabulary than ones for positively
identified emotions. Step 2. Redefine problems as "challenges," or "opportunities." The attitude
with which you approach conflict can change outcomes. Learn from mistakes instead of avoiding
or regretting them. Step 3. Give phrases new intent by refusing to use "I can't," and saying
instead, "I will." Replace the word "mistakes" with the phrase "life lessons" to combat past
feelings of guilt and shame. Step 4. Convert criticisms into encouragements. Eliminate
absolutes like "always" and "never" from your vocabulary when describing unacceptable behavior.
Recognize that no one is all bad or all good all the time. Step 5. Compliment someone to
build their self-esteem, or just to show genuine appreciation of them. Believe what you are
saying and convey your absolute support for their efforts. Be careful: overdone praise,
repeated frequently, may lose its value if it is a function of practiced and empty manners
rather than a genuine, heartfelt affirmation. Step 6. Express short, specific affirmations,
such as "I am a good person," passionately and repeatedly, to imprint them on your subconscious.
You must feel with every affirmation that your visualized reality has been willed into
existence. You can be a positive person and make the people around you positive, too.
Did you know The Harmonic Convergence, observed around the world on August 17, 1987, was a
collective effort to welcome the new age of peace with the cleansing energy of prayer,
song, meditation, dance, rituals, and affirmation.