Choice. Do you have a choice in how your day turns out?

I saw this quote that had been posted by my Hypnotherapy and Neuro Linguistic Programming trainer, Terry Elston, from NLP World. It reminded me about how everyone has a choice in how they react, act, believe in the World.

Please read the quote below:

Today was the absolute worst day ever
And don’t try to convince me that
There’s something good in every day
Because, when you take a closer look,
The World is a pretty evil place.
Even if
Some goodness does shine through once in a while
Satisfaction and happiness don’t last
And it’s not true that
It’s all in the mind and heart
Because
True happiness can be obtained
Only if one’s surroundings are good
It’s not true that good exists
I’m sure that you can agree that
The reality
Creates
My attitude
It’s all beyond my control
And you’ll never in a million years hear me say that
Today was a good day

Now read it again, backwards:

Today was a good day
And you’ll never in a million years hear me say that
It’s all beyond my control
My attitude
Creates
The reality
I’m sure that you can agree that
It’s not true that good exists
Only if one’s surroundings are good
True happiness can be obtained
Because
It’s all in the mind and heart
And it’s not true that
Satisfaction and happiness don’t last
Some goodness does shine through once in a while
Even if
The World is a pretty evil place.
Because, when you take a closer look,
There’s something good in every day
And don’t try to convince me that
Today was the absolute worst day ever

Choice and control

Do you have control over how your day goes? Do you see yourself in the first quote or the second?

If you believe that your perception doesn’t change reality read the quotes again. None of the words are any different, it’s all simply a choice of how we decide to live our lives.

When clients come to see me the generally believe they have no choice in how they respond to the World. They generally believe they are victims and cannot choose a response. Life happens to them, not the other way around.

The hypnotherapy and Neuro Linguistic Programming that I practice is all about giving choice. We show clients how they can choose to react, act, believe in the World and give them choice about how to step out of their problem. But, we also beyond that. We don’t just provide simple fixes for people because that doesn’t solve the core problems. We show clients how they can make choices going forwards, we teach clients how to be able to cope with other problems that come up. I often get calls, or emails, from clients who have had their problem “fixed” and they come back and say I had these other things going on that have just cleared up, I just got rid of them.

Remember,

Whether you believe you can, or you believe you can’t, you’re right

The first step is the hardest, but the most essential. And the first step is always that choice, “do I want to solve this problem, or do I want to keep hold of it”. If you do have problems that you want to solve, or want to learn more about getting choice in your lives call us, email us, or use the contact page. I look forward to hearing from you soon.