I saw this really cool mini poster on Facebook recently which said:

Just like social media has an algorithm and shows you more of what you’re interested in, the Universe also has an algorithm, and shows you more of what you’re thinking feeling and saying.

We pay head homage to the phrase, “thoughts become things”. We understand it from the neck up – but do we BELIEVE it?

I loved the algorithm analogy because we get that instantaneously don’t we? It seems we only have to think of something and boom – it appears in your newsfeed. No one might be talking, but Google and Alexa are listening – guaranteed!

Whenever we are asked about our beliefs, we itemize them, like in a list for the supermarket.

• I believe in God
• I believe that all employees should be treated fairly
• I believe that my responsibility as a parent is to take care of my children, regardless of age
• I believe that life begins after fifty

Yet there is no better way to see your beliefs in action than to look at how you conduct your business, how you live your life, what happens in your family circle, how you treat with your friends.

These are indicators.

I like how Jason Leister defines it: your beliefs are the seeds for the reality you live.

Your beliefs influence the conversation you are continuously having with yourself. I recently realized that I wasn’t a very kind friend to myself. I was feeling constantly tired and beaten down and one of the main reasons is that I felt I didn’t deserve to have any fun until I had reached my goal. Not that I have been cloistered and not venturing out, but I realized that once out, I was holding myself back. This was affecting every area of my life. I also believed that I needed to not be too loud, shine too bright, be seen. I needed to be conservative. This would bring acceptance. “Don’t be too much…don’t be so overbearing.”

Anníe Mist Þórisdóttir is a professional CrossFit athlete from Reykjavík, Iceland and the co-owner of Crossfit Reykjavik, where she also coaches and trains. She is the first woman to win the CrossFit Games twice. 

Whenever Anníe feels overwhelmed or unfocused she reminds herself why she does what she does.

Somewhere behind the athlete you’ve become, and the hours of practice, and the coaches who have pushed you, is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back…play for her.

Did you feel that? The love, the support, the encouragement in the way she speaks to herself?

The wonderful thing about beliefs is that WE CAN CHANGE THEM.

If we don’t like the results, we can change how we think and if we find that someone else is trying to influence our thoughts, we have the power to refuse to let those beliefs take root. Transformation begins the moment you decide to change your beliefs. Let go of those limiting beliefs and break free from the cage you’ve been unaware of, up until now.