Think, Think, Think...

What do you think about in a day? No, really. What thoughts are harboring in your consciousness? Since it is impossible to stop thinking, we must always be thinking something. And if we are constantly thinking, those thoughts are either good or bad. I believe that how we think and what we think about has a lot to do with our outcomes and experience in life.

One thing that I am personally working on is keeping my thoughts in check with how I want to live. If I want to live a positive life, I should stop thinking negative thoughts. But, how do I stop myself from thinking negative thoughts when it is clear that negative things happen daily?

It is important to discern the difference between right and wrong, good and bad. But once we have made that distinction, we decide which avenue we want to go down in our own consciousness. Taking the right path, or the positive path, is proactive, problem-solving, and efficient. The wrong path, or negative path, is counterproductive, useless, and frustrating. Essentially, I am referring to the classic metaphor of the glass being either half full or half empty.

It is practically impossible to think only good thoughts. I assure you I am not living in a dream world. But wouldn't that be a wonderful goal? To fix your thought so that it would always keep moving you forward, rather than in reverse or stuck at a stagnant state, would be a wise goal for everyone. Whenever we attempt to do this, there will be obvious differences - for the better - in our lives.

It seems like some people love living in negativity. When joy surrounds them, they would rather it wouldn't. Maybe it is amusing to complain all of the time, or point out the bad in everything, but I think it is a terrible rut they have gotten themselves into.

But, look at what I am doing. I am putting these people in a negative light. If I think of them as negative, that means they can have a negative impact on my consciousness. I certainly don't want to be affected by other's negativity. What I should always try to establish for these people is to know that they have the freedom and same access to good that I have. I shouldn't hold them captive to misery in my own thought. If I free myself from their bad thoughts, I am also freeing them from their bad thoughts.

We shouldn't put limitations on ourselves or others. If it is obvious that we only think or act a certain way because of the people in our lives or our circumstances, we should challenge if that really is the right way to think. Sometimes it is very difficult to leave a negative state of thinking for the positive, because the positive way seems much more difficult. It is well known that the right way is rarely the easy way.

I hope what I have written today makes sense. It is difficult to write about abstract things, such as thoughts, but I believe this is an extremely important concept to explore. Let's keep our thoughts in check, and be unafraid to put off limitations and go forward in the new year.