Whom do I need to forgive (myself included)?.What did I learn that would lead me into a better future?.What can I do/say/think/feel that will make me a better person?.Who are the people that support me in this life and how can I spend more time with them?.What can I do/say/think/feel right now that will bring me happiness?.Mornings set you up for a good day and evenings help you summarize your day and set you up for a good night’s sleep. I find mornings and evenings the best times to read them. I suggest you print the list and then go over the questions twice a day. They will inspire empowering acts, rather than feeling sorry for yourself, blaming, justifying, guilt, failure, anger, sadness and misery. These mindfulness questions will turn your focus towards great, successful and happy things. The answers will move you forward towards a mindful, happy and fulfilling life. Here is a list of questions that you want your brain to “fetch”. By asking the right questions, you can change what you seek and what you feel as a result. This is literally “Seek and you shall find”. ![]() It is possible that you have had more bad things, but when you pay more attention to the good, you feel as if the day was better. Remember, if I ask what bad things happened, the brain will find them too. Simple! Seek and you shall findĪs a parent, I trigger positive thought buttons at dinnertime, when I asked everyone to share 3 good things that happened to them throughout the day. If your questions are good, you will have good life. If your questions are bad, you will have a bad life. Some people say that the quality of your life depends on the quality of your questions. It is like telling your dog-of-a-brain to “fetch”, so you have to be careful what you want it to fetch. The difference is that the brain will not let go of the question, sometimes for days, until it finds an answer. You try to find a hook, a snippet of memory that will bring you the name of the song, the singer or the place you have visited with your two kids in a double stroller.Īt the subconscious level, it happens in the same way. Have you ever tried to remember something and just could not let go until you found it? Well, this happens to you at the conscious level, so you are aware of the search process. Much like the dog, the brain will not rest until it finds its objective. Like a dog when you throw it a toy or a ball. Think of questions as instructions we give the brain to go and search for something. If we ask, “ How can I make him love me?” our mind searches for cause-and-effect reactions that have led to others to love us. When we ask, “ Why does he hate me?” we bring back memories supporting the thought of someone hating us. They can trigger happiness, empowerment, hope or anxiety. We may not have more bad memories than good memories, but if we press the “bad memory” button more often, we will have more suffering. For example, the “good memory” button will make us happy and “bad memory” button will bring us pain and suffering. It is like pressing a button.Įvery thought we have also triggers a feeling, so by “pressing the button” for that thought, we can create that feeling. ![]() Questions can trigger responses like “let’s move on”, “let’s do something”, “let’s think positively”, “let’s plan”, “let’s change perspective” and “let’s appreciate”. I know that some questions I ask (myself or others) will lead to pain and others will empower. When we ask good questions, we get good answers that can help us grow and evolve to a better version of ourselves.Īs a life coach, I use questions a lot. One of the most important discoveries is that questions can reveal to us what we think and lead us to a better life. The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates thought that questions could lead us to many discoveries. ![]() Questions are very important on our way to mindfulness.
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