Edit Your Movie
When you have clearly visualized and felt the new ideal
behavior that you would prefer to express at the next
opportunity, discard the old piece of that movie, the part you don’t like. Throw it on your cutting room floor, put it in the trash.If you’ve learned the lesson of that unpleasant film clip, benefit by
it and throw it away. You don’t need it anymore. You’ve been willing to learn
from it. You’ve studied it. You faced the pangs of conscience, or fear or doubt. You
have learned. You’ve done your part.
You may also, at this point, clearly see what you can do to make
amends, or to whom you should apologize on the morrow.
Now, go on with your movie. Let the film roll again. As the film rolls, stop it at the
good points. Notice them. Clarify them. But also, love yourself enough to stop at the
unpleasant points too. You can change them now, here in your easy chair. You can create a more ideal you. You can
avoid so much suffering and continual rejection if you will study your life.
When you become an expert at this practice you
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