| As an emotion, faith is among the strongest and is a | | | | low self confidence. This can be over come through |
| state of mind that most effects the subconscious | | | | a similar process to the one just mentioned. If you |
| mind. This is important when it comes to putting your | | | | take the time to write down all your positive |
| thoughts into action in everyday life. If you set | | | | experiences and attributes and then read these to |
| yourself a task but are lacking the faith in yourself to | | | | yourself daily, you will find that the repeated positive |
| complete it then subconsciously you are accepting | | | | affirmations will reassure you of your |
| defeat as inevitable. However, if you are able to | | | | accomplishments subconsciously and restore faith. |
| convince yourself subconsciously that you can | | | | The following few principles outline methods to help |
| achieve what you set out to do then your efforts | | | | with faith and self confidence. |
| will be boosted and the results will reaffirm your self | | | | Firstly you need to realise that you have the ability |
| belief and strengthen your faith. | | | | to meet your main objectives in life. This means you |
| It is difficult for people to strengthen faith if they are | | | | need to be persistent at all times in chasing your aims |
| lacking it. However, it is achievable and is done by a | | | | even when there are signs of initial failure. |
| process which involves encouraging positive thoughts | | | | Secondly you must spend some time in the day just |
| and emotions in the subconscious mind rather than | | | | thinking positively about yourself and where you |
| negative ones. This can be more clearly understood if | | | | want to go in life. A mind dominated by positive |
| you take a moment to think about how people fall | | | | thoughts will eventually express desirable physical |
| into negative habits such as alcoholism. When a | | | | actions. |
| drinker remembers their first ever drink they will | | | | Thirdly you should have your ultimate dream goal |
| more than likely say they did not enjoy it. After | | | | written down and you must promise yourself that |
| becoming accustomed to drinking regularly and | | | | you will never give up trying to achieve that goal |
| enduring the bad side effects they eventually start | | | | even if you are not, at that time, confident enough, |
| to embrace alcohol and eventually begin to rely on it. | | | | you will be eventually. |
| This example suggests that if thought impulses of | | | | Fourthly you should take advantage of others to |
| any kind are repeated and encouraged then that | | | | achieve your goals. You will be able to succeed by |
| person will seek to express those thoughts through | | | | putting the hard work in yourself which will make the |
| their actions. If the thoughts are positive and result in | | | | rewards all the more sweeter. A negative attitude to |
| constructive actions then faith may be strengthened. | | | | people will not bring success. However, by making |
| If thoughts are backed by strong emotions such as | | | | others believe in your ability you will reaffirm your |
| faith and love then they have more chance of being | | | | self belief. |
| expressed through actions. Therefore your actions | | | | Repeat these principles and you will find that you are |
| can be affected by any strong emotion whether it is | | | | able to increasingly influence your subconscious mind. |
| positive and productive or negative and destructive. | | | | This process of positive thinking has been called |
| If you are to become successful in whatever goals | | | | auto-suggestion and is a key to the success of |
| you have set yourself in life then you need to avoid | | | | many. In short if you think that you will fail then it is |
| negative emotions and encourage positive ones. As a | | | | likely that you will, but if you convince yourself that |
| consequence you will acquire a subconscious mind | | | | you will succeed then you have more chance of |
| that will start to act upon all the positive emotions | | | | doing so. The people that win in today’s world |
| including faith. | | | | are the ones that know they can. |
| One of the most common causes of a lack of faith is | | | | |
