This morning, I woke up rather nervous.


We had invited a couple of relatives for tonight to celebrate my daughters 20th birthday in our home.


She is really busy at her school and will barely make it in time.


That makes her youngest brother and I the ones to clean and tidy up the house for the guests to feel comfortable in it, and to prepare some refreshments.


This morning, I woke up rather nervous about all that “had to be done”.


And then, while I was out walking our dog, I started paying attention to my inner speech.


It was going more or less like this: „Oh, my goodness, there is so much that has to be done until tonight!!! And we haven’t even started!!!” And my whole body felt rather panicky.


The distance from the actual scene helped me realize what was going on: I was letting my body to be tortured by uncontrolled inner speech that had nothing to do with the truth (hence the felt discomfort).


Ah, the relief of that realization! I knew from yearlong experience that changing inner speech in the direction of truth and freedom was really easy.


So, still in the field with the dog, I started to consciously speak to myself differently: “There are only a couple of things to do and lots of time to do them. Nothing big or hard. I have done similar things countless times. And there is lots of time to do them at a relaxed pace, one by one. And it’s up to me how much I do. Nobody else cares much about it (this was the absolute bomb! ). etc. etc.”


The first thing I noticed was the smile on my face. When I arrived back home I felt relaxed and cheerful. All worry was completely gone.


„Try to notice what you are saying in yourself at this moment, to what thoughts and feelings you are consenting. They will be perfectly woven into your tapestry of life. To change your life you must change your inner talking…” Neville Goddard in Awakened Imagination



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