Who Loves You?

When I am getting down on myself, and thinking negative thoughts, I yearn for a quick fix for this; but the fact is that such thought patterns do not disappear that easily. Each time a negative thought pops up (i.e. that I notice its appearance), I cast about for a solution, a way out of the darkness, so to speak.
Not long ago, I was reminded about The Work, of Byron Katie. (Others have adapted her teachings to their own messages. Specifically, I heard Wayne Dyer use the basic principles in his latest "No Excuses" teaching.) As a matter of fact, I had the opportunity to hear a lecture by Byron Katie some fifteen or more years ago in Boston. At the time, she seemed kind of "out there" and, to be brutally frank, a bit on the flaky side, but not in a bad way. Anyway, she laid out her plan for dealing with any negative thought, as follows....it's meant to be reflection, not an active changing of your thoughts so much as an awareness and acceptance of them as an avenue to a change.
Any thought you have that is troublesome can be met with the four questions: "Is it true? Can you absolutely know it is true? How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought? Who would you be without that thought?"
Next, you "turn it around" - think the opposite of the original thought, and provide yourself at least three examples. Finally, you "embrace reality" which entails opening your mind and heart to all experience without fear. All of this is supposed to get you to a new state of awareness about your negative thinking.
Every thought we have also contains its opposite, as surely as light and dark exist in one another. For example, if I am angry at someone, inside that must always be some anger that already existed in me. This is not about blame, but about acknowledging the truth within.