Your Personality Can Change

I remember a time several years ago when I felt disconnected with people at work and I used affirmations to change course. Every day I would write OMC on my note book, which was a shorthand for 'one meaningful conversation' at a time. And I also remember writing a blog note six months later complaining that nothing really had changed. I was wrong, the affirmations did bring a change in me and my interactions with others. It was just that the wheels were turning more slowly than I could perceive. Today, I view pretty much all interactions that come my way as meaningful in one way or another. All interactions give me energy whereas before some people were sucking the energy right out of me.

A few days ago, I took a Meyers-Briggs personality test and the two areas of change compared to the time when I took the test 10 years ago are people related. I am now a moderate extrovert whereas I was classified as introverted when I took the test last time. I also now take much more interest in people, whereas before I was thinking dominated. That is what the Tao has taught me over the years, 'you might be introverted and thought-driven, but when I send people your way, understand that they are presents to be treasured'. So yes, my affirmations have worked because they overlap with my spiritual mission statement. Affirmations will work if they move into the direction that give your life purpose. Affirmations are simply a daily reminder to reposition yourself in the direction that is meaningful to you. The wheels are turning slowly because you face some internal resistance or limiting beliefs. Give the wheels time to turn; everything is going your way.