There's always a silver lining

I have been really busy with the renovation for my new shop at Blk 94 Toa Payoh Lorong 4 #01-12. Finally, I do not need to operate from an office space that's within a learning centre where no one would have known of my existance if they did not call me in advance.

Quite a number of friends and family asked me why I took up the offer still. Well, it doesn't matter why. As much as it didn't seem good for me, I have learnt precious lessons from the incident. In fact, I am glad I did, so that I know what to look out for in this new shop lease. My delayed search for an ideal shop also landed me in getting this shop space.

It's about 5 minutes walk from Braddell MRT Station - fully covered walkway. 3 minutes walk from the nearest bus stop that is serviced by more than 10 bus service numbers. What makes it even better is the fact that I am just 2 blocks from my family and I know most of the shop owners there.

Great isn't it! There's always a silver lining.

Perceptions

People react according to their perceptions. Perception is generally affected by our knowledge and experiences. No one can have an identical perception of a situation or event.

You kept hearing people telling you to change your perception or the most commonly used "Change your mindset!" I wonder how many really understand perception and mindset when they made such comments.

Basic logic, if you don't know the make-up of something, changing it will be an uphill task.

Now that we understand what affects our perception, the question will be whether we can do something about our knowledge and experiences. After all, they are as real as can be when we learnt them.

Well, good news! Yes, you can do something about these experiences of yours. They are kept within your subconscious mind. Identify the experiences that caused you to develop the undesirable perception or behaviour. Recognises it and consciously make changes to it.

Such remote access is possible through team effort of the person concern and a hypnotherapist. Alternatively, you could learn self-hypnosis techniques and do it yourself.

Therefore, stop saying "I can't help it!"; "I also don't know why I reacted this way. It's really out of my control." Stop because control is not the issue here. Our courage to admit that we need some assistance in gaining control of our life is.