Art and affirmations

Sharing some art with you today because I love drawing! since my post last week I have really taken it on board that I need to chill out, lately I feel overwhelmed and pretty emotional, not sure if it because of some weird planetary shift, the supermoon tonight or that I am just over tired and worn out, I do know if I wasn't in tune to myself and this was years ago I would be at the doctors for depression tablets by now!

This is an affirmations canvas I did for our bedroom, its huge and hangs at the end of my bed, I know them off by heart now and every morning when I wake, I thank the universe for granted me another day and affirm it will be a wonderful day, I then recite these affirmations, I believe they are very powerful. I learnt about affirmations from Marc Allen and Louise Hay, I really recommend you read some of their books or listen to their meditations on Youtube.

What are affirmations?

 Affirmations, really, are simple. They are you being in conscious control of your thoughts. They are short, powerful statements. When you say them or think them or even hear them, they become the thoughts that create your reality. Affirmations, then, are your conscious thoughts.

Research has shown that we have between 45,000 and 51,000 thoughts a day. That’s about 150 to 300 thoughts a minute. Research has also shown that for most people 80% of those thoughts are negative.
Now, we have been taught to think that most of these 51,000 thoughts are “sub-conscious” thoughts meaning that they are below our conscious awareness level. Affirmations actually make your sub-conscious thoughts conscious. Affirmations make you consciously aware of your thoughts. When you start making conscious positive thoughts, you actually become more aware of the negative thoughts that are always threatening to take over.
It’s an interesting phenomenon, really. It actually proves true what your mother always warned: be careful of what you think because what you think is what you get. She was basically telling you that you create what you think about.
When you’re not aware of your thoughts, they tend to be negative. And not being aware of your thoughts tends to cause a nasty spiral downward. Remember that 80% figure of negative thoughts? It gets worse. Whatever you are thinking about, 90% gets carried over to the next day’s 51,000 thoughts. So, if you’re thinking negative thoughts, you will cause yourself to think more negative thoughts. This is not going to get you out of your rut.
Affirmations can change all of that! Affirmations make you conscious of your thoughts. To affirm means to say something positively. It means to declare firmly and assert something to be true. Affirmations are statements where you assert that what you want to be true is true. (http://www.bouldercoachingacademy.com/affirmations/what-is-an-affirmation-they-will-change-your-life-forever/)

I finished this canvas today that I started over a year ago, this has many layers and started off life as a Marilyn Monroe painting, after I 'rainbowed' it and daubed the excess off the head shape remained, I am happy with it now.

I'm really enjoying taking time out to do things I love, I think its really important to fill up your own cup and remember that you are worthy and important <3 p="">

Love Dotty xx