{"id":607,"date":"2016-12-05T13:14:16","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T19:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/masterkey.betterdayskc.com\/?p=607"},"modified":"2016-12-05T13:14:16","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T19:14:16","slug":"week-9-good-bye-holiday-stress-and-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journeyofaday.com\/?p=607","title":{"rendered":"Week 9 – Good Bye Holiday Stress and Anxiety!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"holidayshoppingstress\"Holidays are coming and I just can\u2019t get everything done. It\u2019s going to be a disaster. End of year bills are eating us alive. I\u2019m worried about the holiday trips coming up. How are we going to make it? What\u2019s going on at work? Rumors have started about layoffs. And on, and on, and on, and on!<\/p>\n

Now, that\u2019s how you ruin a great holiday \u2013 worry, fear, stress, anxiety.\u00a0 Whatever happened to those \u201cgood old days\u201d when holidays were fun, carefree, lovely times of rest, joy, and re-connection? Well, I\u2019m quite sure if we put our minds to it, we can make the new days just as good or better. But it does start with what we put our minds to \u2026<\/p>\n

Haanel tells us in Section 9-27 and 9-28 that \u201cMan is the sum total of his own thoughts; so the question is, how are we going to entertain only the good thoughts and reject the evil ones? At first we can\u2019t keep the evil thoughts from coming, but we can keep from entertaining them. The only way to do this is to forget them \u2013 which means, get something for them. This is where the ready-made affirmation comes into play.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen a thought of anger, jealousy, fear or worry creeps in, just start your affirmation going. The way to fight darkness is with light \u2013 the way to fight cold is with heat \u2013 the way to overcome evil is with good. For myself, I never could find any help in denials. Affirm the good, and the bad will vanish. \u2013 Frederick Elias Andrews\u201d<\/p>\n

So, I guess that means when those ugly little thoughts crop up like the ones in the first paragraph, we need to be ready to replace it with an affirmation with positive context.<\/p>\n

\"belief-tree\"<\/p>\n

Louise Hay<\/a>, who some believe to be the queen of affirmations would agree, I\u2019m sure. \u201cLove is the opposite of fear,” she writes, “The more we\u2019re willing to love and trust who we are, the more we attract those qualities to ourselves. When we\u2019re on a streak of really being frightened or upset or worried or not liking ourselves, isn\u2019t it amazing how everything goes wrong in our lives? It\u2019s the same when we really love ourselves. Everything starts to go on a winning streak, and we get the green lights and the parking spaces. We get up in the morning and the day flows beautifully.<\/p>\n

“We need to love ourselves so that we can take care of ourselves. We have to do everything we can to strengthen our hearts, our bodies, and our minds. We must turn to the Power within, find a good spiritual connection, and really work on maintaining it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here are some of Louise\u2019s favorite affirmations for releasing fears. Give them a try:<\/p>\n