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One of the best ways to free your mind can be to simply pick up a pencil. Armed with nothing more than paper and pencil, your mind can become free to wander at will.

Some times when decisions have to made, the mind gets so confused and overloaded with all the options available that it seems to completely shut down in protest. It’s at times like this when your pencil can come to the rescue.

You could simply sit and doodle, just let your pencil find it’s way and do it’s own thing. Very often you’ll find the subconscious will come into play, and through your doodles it may reveal solution that your busy brain had not been able to show you.

Alternatively, you could try a little ‘guided’ writing. Again, just let your hand move with the pencil and write whatever comes through. Ignore your inner critic, don’t stop to think or correct your writing in any way…above all do not make any attempt to edit spelling, punctuation etc.

You will gain more benefit from your letting your pencil go with the flow, if you bear in mind that whatever your pencil produces is for your eyes only. Regard the result as a private coded message from your subconscious mind.

How often do you utter the words excuse me? When do you use them? Why do you use them?

Of course, if you wish to pass someone in a tight spot it’s a polite request, but why should you allways be making excuses for yourself? Do you find that you are frequently asking for your behaviour to be excused, or having to say sorry, even when you have done nothing wrong?

Do you find that you are being continually apologetic for no good reason? Don’t make needless excuses for yourself. Stop putting yourself down. Accept yourself for the person that you are.

Don’t forget that your subconscious mind believes every word you say, and acts upon them. It makes sense then, to feed your subconscious with positive thoughts and feelings.

Try repeating some encouraging affirmations to yourself. Be proud of yourself, you too, are an important part of the universe, you also have an important role to play in life and you are loved and appreciated along with every other living creature.

Maybe you haven’t yet realized your role in life, but you will. Think about all the good things you have done in your life. Just think of how many people you have helped along the way. What happiness have you spread? How many smiles have you brought about?

Yes, you are indeed a worthy person.

Are you easily bored? Do you tire of constant repetition? Maybe you have learned that particular lesson and it’s time to move on, time to stretch your abilities.

Up to a point, repetition is a good thing, it reinforces learning, good behaviour and habits. But after a time, when we have totally absorbed the information and it has become deeply embedded, we may become frustrated, and feel the urge to seek more information, to find other challenges.

Don’t scold yourself, if you find that you have become bored by repetition, it could be a turning point, a sign that it is time for you to move forward. You have learnt and absorbed certain lessons and must now look further ahead, you can now advance your efforts.

It could be all to easy to remain in your comfort zone, but a little nagging inner voice whispers to you. Once again, like a siren your subconscious mind is calling out to you to sit up and take notice.

Is it time to revaluate your goals? Time to take the next step forward? You have proven to yourself that you have the ability to learn, that in itself is an accomplishment.

So sit down quietly, clear your mind, and map out where you want to go next. What is your ultimate goal? what is the next step? what more do you need to learn? where can you get the best advice?..meditate, ask your subconscious mind to help.

One of the most useful tools you can wield is a humble pen. The power of your pen can be formidable. A pen has the power to make friends or enemies and in times of stress and need, it can bring you hope and encouragement.

When faced with a problem, one of the best things you can do is to sit down with pen and paper to clarify the situation. Draw a line down the center of the page to make two columns, label one side Pro’s and the other side con’s. Now give a little thought to your problem, and list all the relevant facts you can think of under the appropriate heading.

When you have exhausted your lists, go back over each fact that you have listed. Ask yourself what you can do about each one. Make another list of all the possible actions that you could take. At this point, you may find it helpful to repeat the action and list more pro’s and cons against the possible solutions.

The more you repeat this exercise, the easier it will become. You’ll find that your subconscious mind will want to play along, and all manner of possible solutions will start to present themselves to you. If it’s possible, put your lists away for a while, and allow your subconscious more time work on your behalf. (under your pillow is always a good option, it allows the work to carry on without hindrance while you sleep). Sweet dreams

One of the most enjoyable ways to enhance your life, your health and well being is to have a good laugh. To let yoursef go and laugh, is probably one of the most therapeutic things you can do for yourself and others.

Laughter has the ability to instantly release all your tension. It also has an almost magical effect of inducing laughter in others. Laughter is such a powerful medicine that there are actually laughter clinics in existance.

This may be hard to take on board when you are feeling really low and down in the dumps. Equally it’s difficult to see the funny side of things when in an extremely tense situation.

There is a very simple solution though, it comes back once again to your subconscious mind . The subconscious mind is like a child, it really cannot tell the difference between reality and pretense.

So all you need to do is to play ‘let’s pretend’, and pretend to laugh. Try it now, not just once or twice, but keep it up. Try to make it as realistic as possible, you could pretend that you are auditioning , or pretend that you are finding something funny. You could even conjure up an image of somebody in the most ridiculous situation that you can think of. How about a past incident that you found side splitting funny? When was the last time something made you laugh uncontrollably ?

Why don’t you start adding a little genuine fun and laughter into your life? Watch a funny film, a comedy, a silly ‘old hat’ television program, read a humorous book. Challenge yourself, see how many ways you can find to lighten up your life.

How many times has what seemed a coincidence occurred in your life just at the right time? Are you being guided? Is your intuition at work? Is it possible that unseen forces are at work in your life?

‘Ask and thou shalt receive’ is a well known quote from the bible. It also happens to be very true, especially if you are a believer.

But it doesn’t only apply to actual material or monetary matters. You can also ask for, and receive any guidance you may need.

Be on the alert as the answer can appear in many forms. You may have a telephone call out of the blue, bump into an old friend, or come across a relevant newspaper article.

If you will allow your intuition free reign to perform its duty, you will not be disappointed. The answer will appear.

A good time to ask your subconscious for help and guidance is at your regular bed time, just before going to sleep. You only have to ask your subconscious mind for help and guidance, then simply rest assured that you will receive it.

You could try writing out your request and placing it under your pillow for reinforcement. It is also possible that your answer will appear to you in a dream, so it might be useful to keep a pen and paper handy by your bedside just in case.