I cannot tell you where this idea came from, but one day in my morning time with the Lord I picked up a thin marker (in the green color), and I made little dots on my left hand closest to my thumb. I chose a place on my hand that would be easily seen by me as I went through my day doing my work and daily tasks.
Each dot that I marked on my hand represents a different truth I want to believe for myself, or I want to reinforce in my thought patterns. Our brains are like sponges! And I have decided to help my brain out by telling it what to believe.
Can I say that from day one of doing this I have noticed real change in my thinking and my emotions. I am actually believing these truth statements more and more each time I look down at the dots on my hand and repeat aloud what they represent for me.
Every morning I repeat this routine. I grab my green thin marker, place new dots on my hand for the new day and all while at the same time repeating the truth statements I need.
These are my current “truth” statements I need right now:
First Dot: “I am worthy of love. I am loved. I am lovable. God loves me. Jesus loves me. Holy Spirit loves me. I love me.”
Second Dot: “I am worthy of joy in my life. I am worthy of peace in my life. I am worthy of an abundant life.”
Third Dot: “I am worthy of good health. I am worthy of good brain health. I am worthy of a healthy nervous system. I am worthy of having balanced hormones. I am worthy of being strong, fit and healthy.”
Fourth Dot: “I am worthy of success. I am worthy of having a profitable business. I am worthy of being used by God to impact and love others.”
Fifth Dot: “I am worthy of being safe. I am content and happy where I am in my journey and life right now.”
There is definitely power in choosing to believe truth over lies. As we do this we are literally rewiring our brains and forming thought habits that will lead us to make healthier and better choices for ourselves and a life that we should be living.
When I struggled with burnout and then was diagnosed with severe depression following that, I began to do research on the brain and how it works. And in my research I found evidence and good teachings that support the importance of this particular simple practice.
I reveal this simple activity I do daily, twice a day or more, to get you thinking about how and if you need to change your bad thought habits, and choose to create healthier ones instead.
If you want to change your life, you must change some things within yourself and a good start is with your thinking. I challenge you to find a way to do this activity that helps you. For me it is simply putting green dots from a thin green marker on my hand every morning to keep myself reminded of having good thoughts and beliefs throughout my day. The simpler the better in order to adapt it to your busy life.
I love the simplicity of this, I love the action of it and the habit of verbalizing my new truths I am choosing to believe. I will be doing this as long as I have air in my lungs, meaning for a very long time.
Here is a lady I have learned a lot from about the brain that encouraged me to believe that I could bring my brain into better health: Caroline Leaf drleaf.com
And here is another individual that gave me hope for a healthier brain after my severe depression diagnosis: Daniel Amen
Both are worth the time to look up!