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How to Make Use of Affirmations
Cheesy though they can be, affirmations are a key to creating change in your life.
This affirmation came from a comedy routine, back before Al Franken entered politics. As Stuart Smalley, his constant affirmation was,
“I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.”
The entire sketch made fun of the self-help world, affirmations, positive thinking, and the like. Without actually placing blame, per se, it is probably in part due to watching this sketch in my late teens that turned me off from affirmations.
I have always found them cheesy, goofy, silly, and just…weird. They make me cringe. Affirmations tend to make me uncomfortable.
Affirmations are almost completely inescapable. They are a part of almost every self-help, self-realization, self-actualization, mindfulness, and awareness method that there is.
Why do you need affirmations?
I have wondered about this for as long as I have researched and practiced mindfulness, positivity, and conscious reality creation. Nearly every book I have read, video I have watched, or recording I have listened to on the topics of the Law of Attraction, self-help, inspiration, spirituality, and the like make at least some mention of affirmations.
