We have all heard of positive affirmations and their benefits, a lot of articles, books and people swear by their power. But what is it about this simple technique of affirming good things to yourself that makes it so effective and powerful? The answer lies in the following facts:

Affirmations give you the power

When we affirm something positive to ourselves we acknowledge the responsibility for our actions and thoughts. With responsibility comes the power to change our situation. For instance when we affirm "I open myself to accepting love", we tell ourselves that I am responsible for attracting love into my life, and once we take responsibility for it, we realize that we have the power to change our situation by being open to receiving love.

They simplify the process of life- change your thoughts to change your situation

We humans tend to complicate the simplest of things. For instance we make a simple act like loving ourselves difficult by bringing in issues like, what people think of us and base our self-worth on our material achievements or physical appearance. Affirmations simplify life, by reminding us that whatever we tell ourselves repeatedly becomes our truth. When we look at positive affirmations we realize how we have been affirming the exact opposite of them and it has done us no good! When you make a positive affirmation like, "I love and accept myself", you simplify your life. Once you start loving and accepting yourself, most of your problems will disappear!

Talk about the present and give a subtle hint to the subconscious that the present is what matters

Affirmations are always about "I am"; they are about "now". Repeated positive affirmations therefore give suggestions about concentrating on the present, to our subconscious. Self-talk of people who live in the past is about "was" and "were", constant self-talk in the past trains the subconscious to focus more on the past than on the present. Similarly chronic worriers are always talking in "will", "would" and "could", the subconscious mind therefore gets trained to focus on the future. In both the scenarios we end up ruining our present. If want to change our life situation, we would need to make changes in the present, the past is gone, the future is unseen! Positive affirmations help us focus all are actions and thoughts towards changing the present.

These three factors are the source of the power of positive affirmations.

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