Affirmation

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Claude M. Bristol


If a child is told again and again that they are stupid, sooner or later the child will come to believe this. They will lose interest in studying and invariably not do well at school because if they believe themselves to be stupid, what is the point? Similarly, we are what we believe ourselves to be. For a long time now, I have believed myself to be an insomniac. I'm not saying this is why I've had trouble sleeping - obviously something had to come first and for me that was the slow erosion of my sleeping hours which resulted in my self-appointed label of 'insomniac'. I know this is something I've touched on before, but by believing and almost even unwittingly assuming myself to be an insomniac, I am fulfilling this prophecy: I believe therefore I am.

Recently, I've been repeating a positive affirmation (related to my sleep) numerous times whilst I give myself Reiki. It took some getting used to as it wasn't something I necessarily believed. But I made myself say it. A few weeks on, and despite the ups and downs I've had with my sleep, I am starting to say it with stronger conviction. That's not something conscious; it's just a small but very real shift which is chipping away at the layers of negativity that I've piled on to myself through months of telling both others and myself that I can't sleep. Yes, I can sleep. And do I sleep? The longer I affirm that I can, the more - I feel sure - the sleep will come.