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“The past is never where you think you left it.” – Katherine Anne Porter
To start today’s lesson, I highly recommend you watch this video:
In the video, Jason Silva outlines a simple method to change your past. He explains, what we keep from past events are our memories. So by simply reframing them, and them replaying the new story until the memory becomes just as significant as the old, we can change how we feel about our past.
“The use of rhetoric and language to frame our past experiences can actually allow us to change our very past experience.” ~ Jason Silva
This is essentially what positive people are doing, but in real time. Two different people could experience the same thing, while one walks away with negative memories and the other with positive.
Our goal is to start looking at the good around us.
However, some of us are so affected by our pasts, it’s hard to acknowledge any of the goodness.
Take a past memory, and begin to reframe it in a journal entry…. Even if it feels fake at first.
Try to take as many of the real events in the past experience as possible, only seek potential positive reasons or consequences. Pretend someone put a spell on you and you cannot see or speak about anything negative.
Journal this new experience.
Note: If you’re having trouble with this, start with a negative experience that you already know led to a positive outcome.
Wanna get social? Share what past moment you reframed in the Facebook group.
Bonus: Here’s a song for you: