At one point or another, we all experience difficult and painful times in this life.⁠

⁠When we experience pain and suffering, we don’t want to repeat that pain. So we tell ourselves that we can't go through something like that again and, in the process, we attempt to control our situations to prevent it from happening again.⁠
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Unfortunately, we just don't have that power. There is really no benefit to thinking this way.⁠
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When we think we have this power, it creates more emotional pain instead of sparing us that emotional pain (which is what we think we're doing).⁠
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If you find yourself repeating certain thoughts or beliefs to yourself, especially after you've been through a storm, take some time to do a thought download on them. 
What to do for a thought download?⁠
👉Question them from a place of curiosity, interest, love, and compassion for yourself and do models on those thoughts. ⁠
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👉Decide if they really serve you, if you like the results that those thoughts create for you or not. ⁠
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If you're going through a storm right now, that’s all the more reason to question and evaluate the thoughts that keep coming up for you. Because over time, they'll develop into your new beliefs. Remember, beliefs are just thoughts that you've thought so many times that you believe them.⁠
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If you can be intentional and deliberate about deciding which thoughts to believe, then you're going to choose ones that serve you in the future and in moving forward. This will only benefit you in the long run.⁠
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I hope that this is helpful for those of you who are working through some difficult times or find that there are still those little seeds leftover from difficult times past.
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Working through our thoughts, feelings, and beliefs can help us bring about peace, which is really what we ultimately want. ⁠Thought downloads always paves way for fresh beginnings.