Loving your reflection: When works becomes play

With our 21 days of Affirmations mini series up and running for more than two months now, we are paying homage to where it started--and one of the big inspirations for this course. In Louise Hay's published work, What is Mirror Work?, she acknowledges affirmations as effective subconscious messages that establish habitual ways of thinking and behaving. The most powerful affirmations are those that you can truly say out loud with belief and conviction. This is where mirror work becomes supplemental. The mirror, as it reflects your outward self, can also reflect back to you the feelings you have about your inward self.

Statistically the average person's stream of consciousness is 70-90% negative. This depicts the multifarious feelings and thoughts that pass through the human mind on a daily basis. Sometimes, statements in your head can whiten out reality. You might be doing this habitually, through years and years of unconscious practice, or vice-versa (through conscious practice for whatever befitting reasoning). But, just as were you given the innate ability to flip the script towards negativity, you were also given the same faculty to do so towards positivity.

Now, you may wonder: Why a 21-day program? Can you totally transform your life in just three weeks? There's no one answer to this. If a major perspective change is too much for you right now, you can start a day at a time by planting seeds towards this affirmative transformation. If you're ready, open and in a position to commit to the exciting and whimsical winds of change, your life can transform swiftly.

Adding affirmations shouldn't simply be just a 21-day thing, a "one and done" or a kickstart to a lifetime long automation of self. It's a lifestyle, a practice that you don't only do for the sake of doing, but for the sake of ingraining. And don't let it just stop there--don't let it stop with you. Make it a tradition, something you can pass down from generation to generation. Not only will this practice affect you. Once your energy changes, so does your energy field, which has the influential capacity to affect the people that surround you. That's how powerful you are.

Coupled with mirror work, you can be more aware of the words you say, the things you do, what you're resisting and where you are open and flowing. You will then learn to take care of yourself--and the people around you--on a deeper level than you have done before. You become less self-critical, and the 'mirror work' turns into 'mirror play'. Eventually, this will start feeling like less of a program and more of a character trait as you transform into, a more pronounced and positive version of your inner self by developing new and healthy habits of mind that open the door to a more joyous and fulfilling life.
 
Inspiration: https://www.louisehay.com/what-is-mirror-work/