Convert these Negative Everyday Phrases to Uplifting Ones

Last time we took a look at some everyday phrases that may be affecting us negatively or draining us.  Please make sure you read this post so you can understand more of why are doing what we are doing today… Someone once said, if you don’t like what you have, change what you are saying.  

So sometimes, we are the masters of our own fate.  We have talked ourselves into some situations.  So lets reverse some of those draining or negative words.

So lets change some (self) limiting talk to power words:

I am not bad/too bad                     becomes     I am good

Can’t complain                                becomes     I am doing well

You little devil                                  becomes     You angel

I am dead right                               becomes       I am right

Can I ask a stupid question          becomes     Can I ask a question

I am afraid I can’t help you          becomes     Sorry, I can’t help you

I am dying to see you                    becomes     I am so looking forward to seeing you

I have a headache                          becomes     I feel a headache

I keep forgetting                            becomes     I will remember next time

I hazard a guess                            becomes      I guess

I am cursed                                    becomes     I am blessed

I don’t have time                           becomes     I will make time

Why do these things happen to me? becomes  I am the architect of my life and disallow anything that is not for my good

I am just being dumb                  becomes     I am clever

I am sick and tired of                  becomes      I do not like

And just remove the following from your vocabulary entirely:

You will be the death of me/You will kill me

I will kill you

Cor blimey /blimey

Jesus

Don’t be silly

About The Author

Zoe

Zoe met Eze (Chuck) in the 14th year of what turned out to be an 18 year ‘journey’ with mental illness. They got married less than a year of meeting with Zoe fully knowing Chuck had a diagnosis of mental illness. In the 18th year, Chuck defied the odds of mental illness. A consultant psychiatrist signed him off the mental health system with a bill of NO MENTAL ILLNESS. The consultant was so amazed by Chuck’s astonishing recovery that he even questioned how Chuck was diagnosed with mental illness all those years before, in the first place! Today Chuck is free from medication, its dependency and hospitalizations. Zoe’s award nominated book, DEFYING THE ODDS, chronicles the highs and ‘lows’ of this journey. Zoe, often writing from the standpoint of a caregiver, clearly understands that mental illness does not only affect an individual challenged with the disease, but also families, marriages and society as a whole.

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