“Thank You, Thought”

“When you drink water from a cup, it becomes part of you. When water falls on you like rain, it evaporates a few minutes later.
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Similarly, thoughts can be consumed or dismissed. Is this thought nourishing? Is this feeling something you should drink? Or is it more like getting caught in the rain?
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You’ll always feel the rain, but you don’t have to drink the rain. You can let the thought pass and in a few moments the sun will return. You don’t have to claim everything you feel.” -James Clear

One way to get rid of a negative thought is to simply thank it.

“Thank you, thought. Moving on.”

For the stubbornly negative ones, just keep saying “Thank you.” Over and over until it passes.

You’d be surprised how effective this is.