Where do the Snakes Come From?
OUR THOUGHT LIFE!
By Susan Miller, PhD, LPC, NCC
What are Snakes?
Destructive thoughts that slither in and steal our joy, These thoughts are usually dark, dangerous and dubious and have to do with who we think we are or how we think we have performed or what bad things are coming our way because we are NOT this or that.
These snakes begin to crawl all around us, until all we see are the snakes. They hiss and curl around our ankles and threaten to bite us, sometimes actually inflicting wounds that fester and will not heal.
These snakes begin to cause us to develop habits that come from these wounds and our focus on them. We see the snakes as never disappearing so we begin to incorporate them into our lives. The snakes take over and we become so fearful we cannot see life without them. We get used to them and learn to tip toe around them and AVOID them as best we can, but only stirs them up again to once again bite us and steal our joy.
How Do We Get Rid of SNAKES?
We have to first recognize them for what they are: DESTRUCTIVE!
We have to actually look around us and see that there is so much more to life than the snakes! There might just be joy that can kill the snakes if we can develop begin to replace these snakes with new thoughts, positive true thoughts.
By practicing these affirmations and Truth about who we really are (even if we FEEL like they are not true), we will begin to slowly run those little guys off our property. But we have to really be diligent for long while to get rid of them all because they like to slither back into our territory. You see they are creatures of habit.
SO….if we find new creatures of habit who are TRUE and PRETTY and GOOD, we can teach ourselves to embrace these guys in our lives and teach them to stay around us.
What are these creatures? HEALTHY THOUGHTS
We will call them BUTTERFLIES!
BUTTERFLIES have come from a really difficult birth. They start out something that they are not now. They start from a funky little caterpillar that has to crawl and wrap itself up in a cocoon and percolate for a while before coming out into the world. These caterpillars stay wrapped up and do not appear to even be alive…..BUT one day they begin to wiggle and jiggle around in their cocoon and become stronger and stronger as they do. A beautiful thing happens….it breaks through the cocoon, starting a process of METAMORPHISIS, which completely transforms this little creature into a lovely and strong BUTTERFLY that is able to fly! BREAKING FREE from the ties that bind!
BUTTERFLIES are NEW THOUGHTS that you replace where the snakes have been. You take action to change your thoughts. It takes practice and practice, much like the caterpillar coming out of the cocoon. It does not LOOK or FEEL like a butterfly, but it is, if you keep believing it is TRUE.
TO GET RID OF SNAKES YOU NEED BUTTERFLIES!
TO BECOME A BUTTERFLY
YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE COCOON!
After Destructive thoughts are changed to Healthy thoughts, then the FEELINGS come. In the meantime, ACT AS IF you believe that you have butterflies. ACT AS IF the snakes are not there and that the butterflies are coming! ACT AS IF butterflies are flying all around you. ACT AS IF your life revolves around the butterflies. ACT AS IF you believe in butterflies. Practice Practice Practice and DO NOT GIVE UP. The metamorphosis will come soon and what does not look like a butterfly WILL BE A BUTTERFLY!
YOUR THOUGHTS WILL BE CHANGED AND YOU WILL FEEL AND LIVE LIFE WITH BUTTERFLIES ALL AROUND YOU!
CORE BELIEFS
Truth (beautiful and freeing butterfly) vs Lies (hissing and biting snake)
THOUGHTS
Affirming vs Critical
FEELINGS
Positive vs Negative
BEHAVIOR
Healthy vs Destructive
