Dear One,

Here's a simple technique that at first may seem silly, but don't under estimate its effectiveness. For if you are surely set on changing your mind about the things that cause you irritation, then it's just a matter of time till you appreciate the fullness of a more peaceful, happy mentality, or 'altered state' one could say. Truly, it is life enhancing in every way, for you and yours.

Without going into all the tech'y brain functions of what happens, lets just say that it de-conditions your mind of those negative thought patterns. Or as I like to think; it shoos them away.

So, this is what you do:

•  Get an elastic band, aka; rubber band  ...that's just a little larger around than your wrist, thin one or thick one it doesn't matter, unless you have hairy forearms then wide or thick bands are better suited for not tugging on individual hairs as it rolls around on your arm a bit.

•  Place such a rubber band around your right wrist and wear it whenever you are awake.

•  Whenever you have a thought about someone or something that you recognize is negatively oriented, sarcastic or judgemental or just 'yukky' feeling of its own, then pull the rubber band back and let it go. OUCH yourself a little each time a lower-thought-form enters your mind. Experiment with how much ouch you really need to kick it back out, so to speak. In just a short time you will find you don't have to pull too far back any more. They just stop showing up. Then if you ever have to again, while not wearing a rubber band, just touch the place you twanged yourself the most and/or imagine it for a split second and it still works. Thank God. It can really shorten those 'moody spells' everyone makes others suffer from.

• Be persistent for a week in deciding to reject old repetitive thought patterns and you'll be happily surprised at how quickly they fall away and dissolve without even being noticed or missed. And when you do, BE GRATEFUL and carry on with what's at hand in this new way of seeing for yourself. Seeing from the nice 'you' you remember 'you' to be.

If you really want to do something about your moody behaviors and that general kind of stuff then there's a rubber band out there with your name on it. Use It. But talk not about it, don't set yourself up for ridicule. Pick something you want to stop thinking/feeling about someone and just use it and be grateful as it works. Because it does. And I'm not 'stretching' it either.

It really is a quick fix. Be consistent if anything.

rev@angelfire