Change happens. It is one of the few constants in life. Most people map out a path of gradual, step-by-step, linear change for their lives (think s-l-o-w). However, it's quantum change: "seeing the light", a "bolt out of the blue" that makes the most significant transformations in our lives. How does quantum change happen? Why do some of us experience it and what kind of people do we want to become as a result? This is worth thinking about. That is why for the past 10 years I have encouraged everyone to watch what they are saying. It is the little everyday things we said in the past that are making our todays. The simplest way I know to begin changing your self-talk is to try our new app. It is free for a month. You just turn it on and let it play in the background as you cook dinner or commute to work. Give it a try. Its free – so what do you have to lose? Nothing – but you have a whole new world to gain.

"'Truth-Talk'" Rice Experiment This time we added a new dimension to the experiment. The jars say Heavenly (speaking in tongues), Positive (Shad Helmstetter (Self-Talk Plus Self Esteem), Ignore (not talked to) and Negative (Negative words like you are sick). Come back in a week to see how it's progressing.

HI EVERYBODY! Today we have a little SMUSH challenge for you! Have you ever felt the urge to just make something? Well, this is your chance! Make something today; paint, draw, sketch, build, ANYTHING! You may find yourself creating something wonderful that you're very proud of, or something that you want to rip up and throw away. At Truthwins, we think the best way to live creatively is to look at something that you aren't proud of, and say, "Huh, I don't love this, but let me think of the ways that I can make it better. If I try and it just gets worse, then maybe I'll do better next time." After all, life is full of surprises! And, if you don't know what to do then you can just make a big mess on the floor and take a picture of it... We decided to make our own Valentine's Day Cards for our Great-grandmothers. A great way to SMUSH.

I love the quote from Winston Churchill, "Who should I be today?"... It came from a speech he gave on the day he was inaugurated as Prime Minister. Let's go deeper with that...
It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.
C. S. Lewis
I LOVE that quote and invite you to ponder it. Most people choose to remain ordinary "eggs" by default. They just continue to talk what is rather then seeing themselves somewhere in the future. Change your self-talk and you will change your world. Begin today by seeing the Truth about yourself. I am what I say I am. I can do what I say I can do. I am more than a conquerer in Christ Jesus.