Self Talk

Disclaimer: I've read that in order to meet and be friends with a lot more people, talk about them and not about you- so for this entry, treat it as if its a personal reflection, please change pronouns accordingly.

Do you guys talk to yourselves?

I do.

I often do.

I can be my best friend and yet, my worst enemy.

I can be the one-man pep rally of Team TOY!

I can be the jury of my very own conviction!

But seriously, do you talk to yourselves? Do you ask yourself for daily affirmations? Do you ask yourself if you really want to go do something that you haven't done before? Like jump off cliff (haven't but will, very soon!), race a cart on a race track (I did, but against HFMS---i guess, that doesn't count) or eat a dish visually repulsive but gastronomically pleasing.

Friend, tis only natural to strike a conversation with yourself ever so often.

Take for example, a major turning point in your whole life at the moment. You don't have anyone to turn to, and you have to make the decision NOW.

Who do you turn to?

That's absotively correct! (got that made up word from Marshal, HIMYM)

YOURSELF!

There's nothing wrong about it. I might even say it's healthy, well, for me at least. Healthy in a way because I always double check with myself, and gradually learn to make automatic back ups regarding past conversations and discussions when you frequently talk with yourself.

But how does it help you exactly?

I told you already, you get to talk to someone (yourself) about your decisions and choices. Some people will call it double guessing yourself. You are not showing enough decision making prowess. But in a sense, you are making a smarter decision of actually deciding wholeheartedly after your inner discussion.

Talking to yourself helps you clear your mind. Turn every leaf over. and even search for that one small needle in that crazy haystack mind of yours.

Go ahead! It's alright. Talk to yourself. More.

Caught yourself daydreaming? That's great!

The mind is a beautiful thing, a vast collection of thoughts, ideas and dreams. It dwarfs any of the world's supercomputers when it comes to processing and storing one's life, each and every moment of it. I read that the mind is so powerful, that it does not really forget ANYTHING. That's right, the mind, your memory, never forgets. All the things that you see, hear, taste, smell and feel are all inside your head right now.

The time when you got the your first dog. (I'm not a dog person, I just assumed many are)

When you first saw the most amazing bonsai ever made. (That would be cool-a 100 year old bonsai)

The smell of the most disgusting food that you ever saw, but in a peculiar way, tasted rather good.

(Dinuguan maybe? I hope Andrew Zimmern (www.andrewzimmern.com) recommend Dinuguan to his viewers)

Felt the sun shining down on you as you bask in the glory of a guilt-free weekend get away.

(When will the next one be?)

It is just a matter of accessing that information. Not surprising though is that the memories that you tend to remember easily are those that gave you great joy or sadness or excitement or fear or gratitude or anxiety.

So, one can really be in control of everything that he thinks of, because you have a whole lot of information just idly standing by in your head, it's up to you to make good use of it.

I have a habit of daydreaming, A LOT. Most of my daydreams include scenes when I'm opening my 100 door apartments in the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, France and London. I also daydream about checks coming to my mail and my phone ringing off the hook because of buyers and sellers of good deal properties. Another would be crossing the finish line of an Iron Man triathlon event. But what I'm most fond of is a day dream when I'm spending time with my family, my parents (that includes my in-laws), friends, my siblings with their own children and with my beloved wife and our own children which I will call vessels of happiness and grace.

It is said that the things that you think most of and often, materializes. You send vibrations to the universe, influencing matter and molecules to move and come into action so that your visions, thoughts and dreams come into reality.

I'd like for you to do the same thing, visualize all the things that you want to happen to you and the people you love. Help these daydreams by writing them down and posting them on your wall, printing out pictures so you will be constantly reminded by the things that you want to have or be.

In all things, persevere,

Anthony Verrick Dones

P.S. I buy houses spot-cash.

Contact me at anthonyverrickdones@gmail.com, 0917-5481201