dailydatewithgod

We recognize the choruses of songs because they repeat.  Anyone of us can recall a time when we could not get a song out of our head as though it was on replay over and over.  The thoughts which repeat over and over without our even realizing it become the litany of our lives. Why do you think prayers have a repetitive nature to them?  The way our minds work provides the soil from which to grow the experience of thought into belief.  A belief is just a repeated thought.  The litany of our lives gives us an indication of where our lives are headed or where we have come from. If we want to change our lives we need to start noticing the litany of thoughts we allow to take up space.  They become the prayer or song if you prefer of our lives. I remember when I first got into recovery. I would be in these meetings and they would read these steps and traditions every single time.  I first thought, don’t we know what they are by now?  Have we gone stupid and cannot retain information?  What we were doing is changing the litany of negative self-talk, thus changing our beliefs and providing a shift in perspective.  I have heard many people over the years talk about the power of finding a phrase or wording they repeat to themselves to put themselves in the right frame of mind. It sounds similar to how prayers work. They change the litany from worry to hope.  We can choose to change the litany in our minds when we pause to notice the barrage of thoughts we allow to roam rent free.  Using the prompting of our hearts through our bodies by taking a breath and noticing what kind of litany is present in our minds building our beliefs.  It is a litany of love?  Is it a litany of compassion?  Is it a litany of frustration? Is it a litany of things never working out?  Is it a litany we would want to give to another? Are we allowing a litany that works for us to play over and over in our minds or is it like one of those songs we can’t get out of our heads? Or is a litany that worked for the person who unknowingly shared it with us?