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If you have been reading the book straight through, bear with me. I will repeat my introduction to affirmations for those who are just coming into the conversation.

Affirmations are powerful beliefs with powerful energy connected to them. I would like to encourage you to contemplate, learn, and practice the affirmations in this book in a consistent way. Here is one way I recommend: Write each affirmation on a 3 × 5 card. Read the cards three to four times a day, starting in the morning and ending before bedtime. Repeat the affirmations throughout the day, especially when you experience any emotional distress such as sadness, anxiety, hurt, guilt, or anger. You may want to make several copies of the affirmations and tape them to your bathroom mirror, refrigerator, or the dashboard of your car.

Memorizing each affirmation is not necessary but would certainly be beneficial. Keep in mind that you do not have to believe in the affirmation at first. I encourage you to repeat the affirmation anyway, and do it with as much conviction as possible. Contemplate its meaning. Allow yourself to feel its positive energy.

As we practice affirmations, we shift from fearful, lower vibrational energy to a positive, higher vibrational energy path. Later in the book, you will learn to combine some of these affirmations with energy techniques that will make them even more powerful for you.

AFFIRMATION 3

“I can elect to change all thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, and negative energies that hurt.”

AFFIRMATION 4

“I can elect to change all thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, and negative energies that cause emotional distress.”

AFFIRMATION 5

“I can escape from the emotional distress I experience by giving up grievances and attack thoughts.”

AFFIRMATION 6

“I am determined to see and experience things differently.”

AFFIRMATION 7

“I can learn to see that attack and anger cover up fear, and fear is a call for help and for love.”

APRIL'S COMMENTS ON USING THE AFFIRMATIONS

From my personal experience, the affirmations were more effective when I wrote them each down on an index card and read over them a few times a day. With each affirmation, I was able to see the way I viewed situations and events in my life in a negative way, and by applying each one to my life it allowed me to shift my thought process to a more positive one. There are things that happen every day that one of these affirmations can apply to.