Your thoughts create your beliefs. Your beliefs will dictate your actions.

“A belief is a thought you keep thinking” — Abraham Hicks

Did you ever fly long distance with young kids?

I took many international flights with my two boys three years apart 😱 The worse time was the take off. Having them sit with their seatbelt on, when their energy level was still high and I knew I had ten long hours in front of me.

I had the “great” idea to keep my 4 year old busy by having him “be part of the take off”. He just had to press really hard on the little knob in front of him as the plane was rolling super fast for the plane to move up in the sky. Of course, he would have to keep on pressing until we reached a stable altitude, then the pilot would take over 😎

I felt so smart to keep him busy that way, and it quickly became part of our routine on each flight. As his brother grew up, he joined our efforts. By the time they were teens, they knew it was a pure invention, but we kept on going, flight after flight, wherever the plane would take us. Ten minutes of pushing on a plastic tray table latch for no other reason than I told them it made a difference years prior.

Today, my children are 30 and 27 and I don’t get to fly often with them anymore. Nevertheless, they still press on the tray table at each take off and so do I. My 3 year old grand son does it too and so is my fiance who only heard about this on our first trip together.

On the flight from OPO to NCE (remastered)

If I don’t press on the plastic latch, I get nervous something will go wrong with the flight. My logical mind knows it is bogus. I actually invented that crazy trick to keep my kids busy. But after twenty seven years on pressing on the tray table and witnessing the plane lift up, a pathway was established making my subconscious brain connect this silly action with being safe on a flight.

What thought connection was established early in your life that still affect your life today even if you consciously know it’s not true? And does it affect your actions day after day?

• “If I ask for something, I will be seen as needy”
• “Life is tough”
• “I need to work hard to succeed”
• “I can’t be happy by myself”

There are so many of those beliefs that we keep on repeating. They come from our parents, our teachers, friends, society, our own experience or from source we are not even aware of. Overtime they became phobias, superstitions, fears or thoughts guiding our life.

Some of those beliefs are useful and keep us safe, but some are blocking us and preventing us from achieving our goals. The more you think one way, the more the brain pathway will be established according to that belief. This is why it is so difficult to make someone change their mind.

It is essential to create healthy pathways with positive thoughts, creating positive beliefs to support your actions toward success. This is why affirmations are powerful. As long as they work in agreement with your basic beliefs, they will reinforce positive thoughts, beliefs, patterns, and actions.

Try a new thought pattern:

• “If I ask for something, it will be given” or “I deserve to be helped by the Universe
• “Life is amazing, positive, joyful and easy” or simply “Life is good”
• “I am a successful person” or “I deserve success”
• “I’m the master of my happiness and the Universe support me in my journey” or “I live a happy life and attract positive people”…

Go ahead, share your new beliefs. The more you will repeat them, the more natural they will feel.