STOP!

How many times do you stop automatically when you see a stop sign?  You don’t even think about it.  Your reaction is automatic.  You stop!

Wouldn’t it be great if we had little stop signs that would flash in other aspects of our life?  I’m thinking of a stop sign flashing when negative thoughts come to mind such as “I am too old for that; I am not good enough; I am too skinny or fat”.

And what about those moments of procrastination when we put something off until later or talk ourselves out of purchasing something we can afford and that would make our lives easier or more pleasurable simply ‘because’.

Let’s add lack of self-confidence while we are at it.

All of these are the antipathy of age esteem.  You can learn to erase these negatives from your life and to grow your age esteem.

• Picture a STOP sign.  Use the one pictured above as an example.
• Every time you catch yourself saying something negative either out loud or in your mind, picture the STOP sign.
• Stop that thought!

It is as easy as that.

Bonnie Fatio