It’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
We all have one of those days or weeks where things tend to feel like you’re driving with the handbrake on or something you put your heart into goes awry.
Here are 3 things you can do to shift the energy
* Find a positive right now, it can pertain to anything in your life no matter how small ~ emphasise it by focussing your attention on it, fully appreciating it and really soaking up the feel-good of it. Energy flows toward the uplifting vibration and causes it to expand.
* Heighten your vibration. If you are vibrating at a lower frequency you will only attract more of the same vibe. Check to see your vibration matches what you want to create/experience.
Casting a spell into the universe is like activating a receptor (it only receives and delivers frequency resonant with yours). Do things that bring you joy and distract you from “what is”.
* Literally, light a candle with intention. It lends to the sense of physically achieving something without doing, moving quantum particles around to create a new reality, realigning the subconscious and bringing previously imperceptible possibilities to a fore.
In witch ways do you remedy a ‘bad’ day?
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Okay seriously, how am I supposed to stay positive and project positivity when everything is absolutely wrong?
I can stare at a flower for hours and think about how pretty it is, okay, but that doesn’t change the fact that:
a) I’m getting evicted
b) I have no money to move
c) My birthday is in a few days and there’s no way I’m celebrating it
d) I have no friends
e) My husband just got fired from his job by his “friends”
f) I’m living with someone who absolutely cannot handle stress
g) I’m unemployed and haven’t found a job in 3 years
h) I started a business that has made me only $40 in three months
i) I haven’t had a sale in over a month and a half, despite advertising and high quality products
j) My relationship is ****ed up
k) There is pretty much nothing I can do about this shitty situation
l) I can’t be happy while all of this is going on
Seriously I could focus on the positives I like, but they’re so minor and insignificant in comparison to all this shit that’s been basically going on my whole life, that there is absolutely NO way I can ever be coming from a place of abundance, happiness, and overflowing whatever the hell that I’m supposed to be to manifest anything good. I started my business feeling extremely optimistic, positive, and like it was gonna be my ticket to success, and I’ve barely sold anything. I find it pretty much impossible to believe that positivity is actually going to solve any of my life problems, or make them stop coming…
I love these thoughts and ideals that you have, but I think they’re only realistically applicable to people who have money… who have a foundation in their life that brings them constant stability and happiness… not people like me who have been poor and often hungry their whole life, desperately hoping for some way out.
I’m sorry to litter your blog with this comment, but I’m so fed up and desperate right now I feel like I have to complain everywhere possible, so that maybe someday someone will be able to give me the solution to all of my problems…
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I can distract myself by playing a video game or watching something, and feel momentarily happy doing that, but as soon as I stop everything is horrible again…
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great that you dumped it all on blog. Now what are you going to fill the space with?? yea manifestation sounds gr8 and doesnt happen to me, really?? I folded a 50yr old family business last yr and am still out of pocket 100k… and now even as I use the words “retrenched” or “unemplyed” it feels uncomfortable inside.. I NOW STATE ” I AM EMPLOYED BY THE UNIVERSE” and open to all the small sales and therapy opportunities that come my way..no one says it not tough and doesnt feel like s**t, but slowly as I change my bills are eaten away. unexpected expense has been met by unexpected sale>.Yippee.
I was in sales for 26yrs..u feel like u sell nothing because u feel like nothing inside so you sell nothing. Ask yourself ” would I buy something from me right now” and if the answer is “NO” then what to you need to change NOW.
mix with positive friends, got none, volenteer for something..
lol
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What are you even talking about?
Look, I’d love to buy something from myself right now. So I don’t think there’s anything I need to change. The fact of the matter is there is no actual reason people aren’t buying my products, aside from the possibility that none of them have money either, which just sucks.
But hey how can I volunteer for something when I don’t even know where I’m going to be living next month? And I don’t have gas money or bus fare? And I’m an introvert and even when I’m around others it’s painstakingly hard to make friends because our personalities are completely different? You act like it’s so easy.
“lol” indeed. Love your condescending, sarcastic tone… *rolls eyes*
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Why are you all so negative, to each other and to Stella??? Negativity begets negativity. Try truly being positive for a change and grateful for what you do have instead of bithcing for what you don’t.
And NO I am not rich or problem free.
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I love the third one: light a candle with an intention! I was just looking at a couple of candles in the storage cupboard wondering what they were for. Now I know! Thank you, Stella.
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I -have- been a positive person, for my entire life. It just hasn’t gotten me anywhere and now my positivity is running out…
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Not to belittle anyone’s problems (believe me, i have faced my own!); but there’s more (i believe) to it than just feeling positive… you also have to feel powerful… and i’ve tested this out a time or three and found it very helpful. Jazz up the aura… couldn’t hurt… from another, somewhat ‘introvert’. hope this helps
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Wow, when i think about it, I can be reallly quite frighteningly negative. But since recently discovering i have a life threatening illness, I have discovered I can control a lot of my thoughts and channel them positively. Seems to work for me.
One thing i have learned Rose, is that if the universe is shoving that much shit in your direction (and it must be exhausting and depressing for you ) then it might be time to change things. I know it sucks but no one else can do it for you. Maybe you just need to up and go ??
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Dear Rose,
If there is one book I wish to highly recommend you is “Quantum success, The Astounding Science of Wealth and Happiness” by Sandra Anne Taylor. It’s like the secret, only 1000 times better because it explains HOW you can change your habits. You ask us how you can change your life in a positive way, Stella have written about changing your vibration – did you already try that? When I read your comments, I only see negativity…I know how it feels, really! But, as long we focus on negativity, the more negativity we will attract.
By the way, I don’t have a job since 4 months now and broke my relationship in January. Relationships never ever worked out, the longest relationship I had was 1 year (with lots of fighting). I just got an e-mail that I was not selected for the job I wanted. But I believe this happened because there is a better job waiting. Or maybe the Universe still wants me to create art and write blogs, like I do daily now – as long I don’t have a job. Maybe I don’t have the money, and for now I can’t help it no matter how hard I try – but! I don’t forget the things which make me happy. I sing, I create, I laugh, I write and can sleep as long as I wish, lol. And for relationships I believe: Soon or later I will meet someone who will show me why it never worked out with someone else. I had chronic migraine and epilepsy attacks for months, I had to take meds which made me suicidal. But after having attacks multiple times a week, I realized the meds didn’t work and I quit taking them. I changed my life habits: changing my diet, reduce stress, do more things which make me happy. And guess what, this month I only had 1 attack, instead of multiple attacks a week. I’m healthy again, I’m happy, I’m loved by my friends.. and you know, soon or later I will get a job. Soon or later I will find true love. And I know luck will come on your way too, when time is right. If I can, then you can too!
Staying focused on not having a job, your hub being fired, a bad relationship etc doesn’t change a thing about the situation. It only makes you feel bad. You don’t deserve this. You don’t deserve this negativity, you don’t deserve the negative thinking, you don’t deserve your whole being filled with bad thoughts, despair and other. The first step to change your life is: change your thinking. Instead of thinking: “I don’t have money” try to think like “Money is on it’s way and I will do anything to make this come true!” Stay focused on what you like, be grateful for even the smallest thing – daily!, enjoy your passions and don’t forget to smile.
I hope luck will come on your way very soon,
That’s what you really deserve. I believe you can.
Love,
Lindsay
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Hi Everyone, thank you for your input and comments. Rose, I have posted a response for you here I trust it resonates.
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“Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” — Leonard Cohen
I feel so much appreciation for how supportive this community is. Thank you Stella. Thank you Rose for sharing. Thank you Lindsay for your reply and thank you everyone. Its so nice to see people caring for one another.
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Stella Seaspirit Reply:
@Jaime Currier, you are so sweet. Thank you!
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Hello Rose
I do hear you and I do relate to you. Thinking positive thoughts is good, and will make you feel better for a while, but yes, when the ‘attacks’ keep coming it breaks down your spirit even more till you reach rock bottom and conjuring up one happy thought seems impossible.
I suggest, from my own experience, take little steppies… when doom and gloom descend think of one thing that right now you are grateful for. That’s all. Then expand on why you are grateful for that ONE thing. Don’t be surprised if your thoughts bring you a few more things to be grateful for… enjoy that meander for a while. When I have been at my lowest I adopt this Mantra and every time I feel down in the pit of despair I repeat this to myself – constantly!!
I live with an attitude of gratitude.
Not mind blowing stuff but, with repetition, your mind has no choice but to start feeling grateful and that tiny seed of positive thought (gratitude) will begin to help you to creatively find solutions to problems. One step at a time, do it by the numbers.
Knowing that there are others out there suffering and complaining and having pity parties doesn’t help when you are down in the doldrums having the pity party of the century! In fact it is irritating as it takes your focus off your own issues, which are for you insurmountable! Am I ringing any bells? That is how you feel and that is alright, for now, because you need to focus on YOU and not other people. Sounds selfish? It is, but in a healthy way, as you can’t help anyone else in your current state of mind!
BUT the eternal fact of existence on this plane is that CHANGE is inevitable – THIS TOO SHALL CHANGE!
Another mantra I cling to when things just keep going wrong!
Hold onto that thought-fact and put on your ‘big girl panties’ and ride the storm… bravely. You will be amazed at the ways Universe brings positive change once you give just an inch of your despair a rest xx
be strong and believe in the power of YOU and Universe and allow the good back into your life, it can’t make things worse
Irene
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When things are going badly I have learned to breathe and focus on the present moment. Now is all there is. If I focus on my fears, worries and concerns then I am not remaining in the present. In that present moment beauty can be found.
In the next moment I might be off and running again, but I can always return to now and find something to be grateful for, it’s all a matter of perspective.
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Stell, I don’t think I have ever dipped my toes into these waters, despite our many talks. Your ever-excellent advice and willingness to listen is a *magical* find, and I’m sure a comfort to many.
My 2 cents worth – I find that adopting an ‘attitude of gratitude’ makes all the difference. Use a ring, pendant or pretty stone and carry it around with you, and whenever you see something that makes you feel grateful (and there are always many things to make you feel grateful, no matter how miserable you are or want to be, even if its just the fact that there is always someone who is less fortunate) rub the ring/stone and think of how blessed you are to be able to recognise that, and more importantly actually appreciate it.
Hope can neutralise much that is negative, and always bear one important thing in mind, life is about balance, and always comes full circle. Its also all about choice, and the reality is that if you choose to see only bad, you shall see only bad.
Simply having access to this blog is something to rub the stone over, so start there. It means access to the internet, to all these people who have taken time out to respond to a comment or concern voiced, it means the ability to read, to write, to make a free blog or open a free shop, to communicate with strangers who may become friends or even business associates etc. etc.
What Loran says it true – when you focus on fear it can cripple you, so find a way to divert those thoughts. Adopt the attitude of when a door closes a window opens, and even if it feels as if every door is closing, that by itself is leading you to a specific point. Ultimately, the present is all we have, the past is a lesson and the future a gift.
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Sorry Stella, I seem to have lost the use of my A for a minute there…
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