People who practice self-awareness, awareness of their thoughts and emotions, tend to experience more happiness and less unhappiness. "People who are happy are aware of what they are feeling and they do not bother about things that do not trouble them", says Dr. George. Self-awareness is a process in which you become aware of what you are feeling with each moment. This awareness helps us to change our patterns of behaving and thinking.
"One of the keys to changing your emotional and mental pattern of reacting to things in life is to keep a journal", says George. The power of journaling can help you to identify your strengths and your weaknesses, your emotions and your reactions to certain situations and people, or to anything else in your environment. Once you have identified your strengths you can use your strengths to plan your life in a way that you will experience less negative emotions and you will be able to practice self-awareness.
"We need to learn how to gain insight into our own feelings before we can plan our daily life", says George. Only by having a clear understanding of your emotions can you plan your day in such a way that you will be happy and at peace. Only then can you start to practice self-awareness. Only then will you live a happy and contented life.
When you realize that your negative situation is actually caused by the thoughts that you have entertained in your mind, rather than by the situation itself, you can easily change it. It is not necessary to deny the reality of what is actually happening to you. Rather, you can learn how to face it and deal with it. Only when you have mastered the art of self-awareness and have started to practice self-awareness, will you start to see the world differently.
You do not need to look for external signs to determine whether you are in a happy or sad state of mind. Instead, you can simply use the power of your inner mind to find out whether you are happy or sad. Once you start to practice self-awareness and use it to analyze your emotions, you will soon realize that there is nothing that is really going wrong in your life. In fact, all that is going on around you is nothing more than your imagination or your emotions reacting to situations that are presented to us.
By using self-awareness you will also be able to discover your hidden strengths which you previously thought to be hidden or dormant. As your mind and consciousness expand, you will come to realize that you have always been capable of doing amazing things but were afraid to show them to other people. This discovery of your internal strengths gives you the confidence to try new things in your life and to meet new challenges with courage and determination instead of fear. This kind of courage and determination is the kind of courage that gives us the ability to realize our full potential and achieve our goals.
One good way to practice self-awareness is to watch a movie with someone else and tell them what is taking place in the movie. Try to focus on something positive while watching a movie. For example, if the movie is about a fight between two strong robots, and the robots end up destroying each other, focus on something positive like the team coming together to work together to defeat the enemy robot. Focus on something positive in every aspect of your life from the way you behave towards the way you feel and think about everything in your life. By focusing on a single aspect of your life, you will notice that a negative situation will seem to be evaporating.
Another great way to use self-awareness to have a better deal of insight into how you react to certain events in your life is to listen to yourself talk. Listen to your own voice as you listen to other people's voices. People will often unknowingly put feelings and emotions into their voice without even realizing it. If you are the one talking in a conversation, you can try to imagine what the other person is thinking or feeling. This will allow you to become more aware of your own emotions and how they affect you in a positive or negative situation.
