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HOW TO ELIMINATE NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
Remember the perception cycle. Your conscious mind can only hold one thought at a time, positive or negative, and you can deliberately choose that
thought. You can replace a negative, destructive thought with a positive, constructive one, and in doing so, push the negative thought out of your mind.

Whenever you feel a negative emotion appearing, you can immediately cancel the thought that is causing the negative emotion by saying, very firmly, "I am
responsible for what I think, You are not welcome. I am replacing you with (more positive thought)”

This is the most powerful of all strategies for mental control. These words put you back in control of your emotions. The words "I am responsible!" switch
your mind immediately from negative to positive. They make you feel calm and relaxed, and let you to see the situation with greater clarity.

Your willingness to accept responsibility, and the elimination of negative emotions will determine your future happiness and peace of mind.

Pause for a moment and think back over your entire life, past and present. Reflect on the influential events, selections and people exercise you completed in
the chapter entitled “How did I get here?” Scrutinise each memory or situation where you were the decision maker, that makes you feel negative in any way.
Then neutralise any negativity associated with it by simply saying, "I am responsible," over and over. Bear with me on this.

Whatever your difficulty or problem, you played a part. In most instances, you were free to choose, and you are still free. You probably knew at the time that
you should not be doing it, choosing it, or permitting it, but you went ahead anyway. So accept that you are absolutely, completely, 100 percent responsible
for your situation, for the consequences of your decisions.

"Isn't accepting responsibility the same as accepting blame?" … Responsibility always looks forward, always to the future. Blame always looks backward, to
the past, to blame someone who is guilty. Apportioning blame and guilt will not free your mind of negative emotions.

Responsibility gives you back your control, self-reliance and pro-activeness. Blame makes you feel angry, resentful and frustrated. Someone bumps into your
car at a traffic light. Of course you’re not at fault. But you are responsible for the way you react. You are responsible for how you conduct yourself. You can
show anger and other negative emotions, or be mature, calm and controlled. The choice is yours. And how you will feel is determined by how you decide to
react, not by the circumstances. Responsibility or irresponsibility, positive or negative, happiness or bitterness; the choice is yours.

CLEAN YOUR WINDOWS

When I first heard this, I was still in negative mode. I reacted quickly and from ignorance. I would find myself saying "If you knew what that other person did
to me, you’d never expect me to accept responsibility." But here is the key lesson I learned. The perpetuation of negative emotion in your mind is enough to
sabotage your chances for happiness. Even one negative emotion of blame or anger can interfere with your peace of mind indefinitely. Page133

To illustrate this critical point, imagine that you have just purchased a beautiful house in your dream location, with wonderfully peaceful panoramic views,