{"id":231,"date":"2011-12-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/bruceandtrisha\/flipping-the-switch\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T08:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:00:09","slug":"flipping-the-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/bruceandtrisha\/flipping-the-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Flipping The Switch\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you remember this time in your life . . . when you graduated from being a little kid?<\/p>\n<p>I sure do! It was the Christmas of 1965 . . . I was ten years old.<\/p>\n<p>There is an old black and white photo of all six of us kids sitting in front of the<br \/>\nChristmas tree, holding the gifts we had just opened from Santa. My little brothers and sister are holding up race cars and Barbies and there I sit \u2013 frowning \u2013 holding up my arm to display the watch I received. Big whoop-to-do! I realized that I had grown to big for Santa, too big for toys and I didn\u2019t like it one bit! \u00a0Good-bye toys \u2013 hello practical.<\/p>\n<p>Little kids always want to be older . . . most of the time. A toddler wants to be older so he can go to school like his older sister. An eight year old wants to be twelve so she can ride in the front seat of the car. A twelve year old wants to be sixteen so she can drive. A sixteen year old wants to be eighteen so he can move out on his own.<br \/>\nAn eighteen year old wants to be twenty-one so he can legally drink. On and on it goes.<\/p>\n<p>Until, a thirty-year-old wants to be twenty again. A forty-year-old wants to be thirty . . .<br \/>\na fifty-year-old wants to be forty.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just an age thing. We spend most of our lives longing for our dream of the perfect job, the perfect spouse, the perfect car, the perfect vacation, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a simple truth based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/blog\/category\/mindset\/\">Law of Attraction<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>If one focuses on what isn\u2019t . . . what isn\u2019t becomes one\u2019s reality.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For example, if your emotions and thoughts come from \u201cI can\u2019t find the perfect husband,\u201d your subconscious hears those words as a true statement \u2013 and delivers what you\u2019ve ordered . . . you end up exactly where you don\u2019t want to be \u2013 without a husband.<\/p>\n<p>If you are always saying, \u201cI\u2019m so tired,\u201d your subconscious hears those words and they become your reality . . . YOU ARE ALWAYS TIRED!<\/p>\n<p>If you say, \u201cI never have enough money,\u201d guess what . . . you never have enough money.<br \/>\nTry reframing your statements. Instead of \u201cI can\u2019t\u201d and \u201cI don\u2019t\u201d and \u201cI\u2019m always\u201d negative statements, change them to positive \u201cI am\u201d statements. And make your \u201cI am\u201d statements positive.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a simple tweak with great rewards. Try it.<\/p>\n<p>You can train your mind to do this. It\u2019s called <strong>flipping the switch.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you hear yourself saying those words that reflect what you don\u2019t want, flip the switch \u2013 turn it around to reflect having or being or doing what you desire. Your subconscious does not sift through your thoughts and statements to sort out the negative ones. It works to fulfill everything you think and say.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of \u201cI HAVE to go to work\u201d say \u201cI GET to go to work!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead of \u201cI hate dealing with money\u201d say \u201cI love dealing with money!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead of \u201cI always make mistakes\u201d say \u201cI learned something new today!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead of \u201cI can\u2019t lose weight\u201d say \u201cI AM losing weight!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead of \u201cI always get sick\u201d say \u201cI am healthy!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And, then . . . do this as well. Pay it forward. Give those positive statements to those around you.<\/p>\n<p>Give a compliment.<\/p>\n<p>Express your appreciation for someone\u2019s incredible knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Tell your kids and grandkids they are going to accomplish great things in their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Help others by speaking positive, affirmative words into their subconscious. Especially the kids. They are sponges \u2013 soaking up every word and feeling expressed in their presence. Those words and emotions become engrained in their subconscious and become part of their belief system. Imagine what it does to a child to always be told, \u201cYou are such a trouble-maker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Words can hurt or heal, words can build or break down.<\/p>\n<p>Flip the switch. Make a difference in your life and in the lives of others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you remember this time in your life . . . when you graduated from being a little kid? I sure do! It was the Christmas of 1965 . . . I was ten years old. 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