We spend so much time reacting to our past, our limitations and the pictures we hold of what life is really about. Our past is ultimately a collection of emotional pictures we hold. Our perspective of things changes based on the meaning and emotional weight we give events. If you can change the meaning of an event you can change the emotional picture. When your mother shouted at you it might not have been because you were a useless child but because she’d had a bad day. Holding an emotional picture of yourself as defective means you take everything that happens as your fault. It is not just a case of looking differently at the same world but experiencing it differently and being different. Remember - your brain and body respond directly to the emotional pictures you hold. If you hold the emotional picture of yourself as confident and happy you will begin to experience this. The key is honesty - not wishful thinking. Take it day by day. We have held the old pictures for years it may take a little bit of practice and time to change them. It may feel a little like you are just pretending at first, but you are beginning to change the feeling engine that drives you. Use your memories and imagination, remembering times when you have succeeded and felt good about yourself. Apply these feelings in other areas of your life. This is not a substitute for doing the work, learning new information but it will allow you to learn easier and recall it more efficiently.
Richard Riche is a Motivational speaker and Self-esteem trainer
www.emotionalpictures.co.za
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