Truth or Belief?

What you believe is true, is true, whether it is true or not. Why is that? Because personal truths are just personal truths, and most of your thoughts are just personal truths. Now you may say “But everyone I know says it’s true!” That’s because of the Law of Attraction. You attract people who are like you. You attract people who think along the same lines as you. You attract people who will make your life turn out the way you believe or expect it to.

Beliefs are just thought that you have had over and over. They become like background music in an elevator. You don’t really notice the music but you sometimes find yourself humming along and then you stop and say “Where did that come from?” You are not even aware of most of the thoughts you think. You go through most of your life on autopilot. That’s why when you try to change your thoughts and think positively nothing really changes. You haven’t changed the background music. Don’t get me wrong, adding positive thoughts and affirmations are good steps. They will let you know by how they make you feel what your deeply held beliefs are. If you say to yourself “I’m rich.” And you feel bad then you have some background thoughts that are saying “I’m poor.”

If you really want to know what some of your deeply held beliefs are then just look at the lives of the people you spend most of your time with. Remember like attracts like. You probably don’t thing exactly like them but your thoughts are close enough that you are both comfortable; otherwise you wouldn’t be around them.

If you want to change your deeply held beliefs you have to be ready and willing to change your life!

It is usually easier to change your beliefs if you work with someone else, like a Life Coach. That’s because it is extremely difficult to see your own beliefs. They are reflected in your behaviors, which to you are just the way you are. You also have ‘scripts’ of things that you usually say and you need someone who knows how to get past your scripts and find out what you are really thinking and feeling. Most of your close friends and family don’t really listen to you because they have already decided what you are going to say based on your past scripts. You’ve experienced this if you’ve ever had to shout to be heard or told someone something and later they swore you never told them.

It is also faster to make changes when you work with a Life Coach. It generally takes 3 – 6 months of meeting once a week to make a change as opposed to 3 – 6 years if you are working on yourself. A Coach will hold you accountable and, you will be given homework to do. Your Coach will have the training and experience to answer your questions. There are many ways of changing your deep beliefs. Your Coach will assist you with different techniques and methods to find what really works for you. Your beliefs are in layers, like an onion, so once you begin to change one layer you will be impacting other layers. That is another reason why you should work with a Coach, since you may find that one method works great for you or you may need to use a combination of methods to make a permanent change. Remember that you will be working on thoughts and beliefs that you’ve held for a lifetime, since you were taught and accepted most of your beliefs before you were 7 years old.

You can live the life of your dreams. It comes by changing your thoughts and beliefs to be in line with the person you really desire to be. It comes by letting go of those outdated and often childish beliefs and adopting beliefs based on your adult views and desires. To truly change you must Be, Do and Have. You’ve been doing it backwards for years by working to have so you can do and be. That’s why it hasn’t been working for you. Isn’t it time for a change?