How a Pink Elephant Can Help You Find Inner Peace

I started the year working to be very mindful of my thoughts and emotions. Because of that, I was catching any time a negative thought or crabby feeling was present.
 
I knew I needed to shift that thought/feeling quickly into something else, so I came up with the image of a pink elephant. She looks a bit like dumbo, minus the ears, and she has wings.
 
Now, why a pink elephant you might ask? Because it makes me laugh and stop taking myself so seriously. It shifts my mood, even if I have to keep putting the pink elephant in my face as my object of focus.
 
To me, the pink elephant represents inner peace and freedom. Freedom and peace from whatever dark thoughts and feelings I'm experiencing. And wow has it worked wonders!
 
You can use any ridiculous image- a purple kangaroo with a top hat and cane, a giant bunny dressed and celebrating like it’s Mardi Gras- anything. It doesn't have to be an animal, but it needs to be silly enough to give you pause and get you out of your swirl of negativity and fears etc. Something to literally lighten your mood. If it makes you smile or laugh, all the better!
 
Because remember, nothing has power over you when you can laugh at it.
 
That’s how I learned to clear ghosts from haunted houses. No matter how awful the energy was, it couldn’t touch me when I was laughing at it.
 
And you may need to fake it 'til you make it at first. That’s why you choose an absurd, goofy image.
 
Try it this week and let me know how it goes and what image you come up with. I’ll tell you this, I’ve found incredible liberation already this year with my pink elephant. If I can do it, so can you!