A penny for your thoughts. Those composed arrangements swirling around in our minds have been the subject of books, plays and song. We give them credibility by aligning them with a feeling. We rely on them to act. Without them we would be a blank slate. Thoughts are the source of ideas and the energy behind creation. So, if a thought can fuel the engine that keeps us running, maybe we should think twice about what we ARE actually thinking about.
Most thoughts come and go as quickly as we conjure them up. Some of them, especially the ones that deal with our current situation, keep coming back around; even keep us awake at night. Others are thoughts of dreams and things we'd like to achieve, but see them as far from reach. So how important are these thoughts we have? First, let's break down what a thought actually is. As best as I can define, a thought is made up a preconceived idea or belief. It is then affirmed by a feeling we have attached to it. The definition of a thought as found on dictionary.com is: the product of mental activity; that which one thinks. In quantum physics, one might say a thought is made up of particles and energies conceived from a stream of events sending electric waves of data to the brain which serves as the decoder for a thought to arise. It's how I sum it up anyways -- please correct me if I'm wrong. I tried to find a more simplified definition from the man himself Deepak Chopra, but honestly I wasn't in the mood to click and rummage through 10,0000+ Google hits.
What I did come to the conclusion was that if our thoughts are arranged from everything we have lived through, learned about, and even brainwashed by, then we can control what we think. We are who we are and where we are because of our thoughts. We have external factors, of course, predisposed upon us as part of life, but how we experience those factors, and what we create as a result of them, are simply made up by the thoughts that we have. For instance, growing up without a father, is one thing, but when a fact such as he abandoned his children or he died from a terrible disease is introduced to the child, the thoughts revolving around the absence of the father creates a very personal experience to that child which more likely than not will bare a significant influence on the decisions, actions and reactions in the life ahead. The thoughts will revolve around not having had a father growing up for whatever reason made it a fact, thus creating a life forged by thoughts and executing feelings and emotions behind them. There is great power behind your thoughts.
Earlier I mentioned that we can control what we think -- but only when we realize that thoughts are a product of what we believe, or want to believe. Let's take the fatherless child who may have suffered through childhood without a father. Once everything the child knows about why dad was not around is dealt with and released, the thoughts associated with not having a father growing up will begin to dissolve because no longer is the child, perhaps now an adult, attached to being fatherless -- the emotions and the feelings begin to heal. Thoughts change, perhaps comforting ones begin to prevail and a new set of thoughts are introduced, in this case happier ones. The external factors are still there, but the internal feelings attached to one's thoughts no longer follow the pattern of suffering, all because of a change in thinking.
Everything you are reading now has come from my thoughts conceived by what I have come to know, lived and experienced, influenced by what and who I read, and what I believe. These are my thoughts, and I choose to introduce positive thinking because its simply better to rationalize the life around me in that manner, than to have negative thought patterns surround me. It brings to mind a quote from Dr. Wayne W. Dyer's book
There's A Spiritual Solution To Every Problem, "I'd rather have this, than that." It encompasses the idea that in any given situation where something has gone terribly wrong, I can choose to observe, accept and experience it with a positive mind that will give me the strength and courage to face the test rather than be succumbed by pain, misery and live in a state of destitution all because I attached it to a negative feeling and emotion. No matter what, the fact remains, but how I rise from it will be a result of how my thoughts carry me through.
If you think this is the way it has always been and dare not challenge that thought, then it will always be so; unless you think you can change it from what you have always known it to be.
The power behind your thoughts is immense. You can rise or fall, win or lose, succeed or fail; you may even experience all of these things simply because of the power of your thoughts. It has been discussed at length in the Law of Attraction, introduced to millions in The Secret, and written for centuries in the Bible stories, myths and taught by great philosophers. This is not a new age way of thinking and certainly not a new discovery -- it is and always has been known that the mind thinks before we speak, before we act, before we create. How you think, however, is simply up to you. Where will your thoughts take you today and lead you tomorrow? Yes, that's it! Only good thoughts from now on. Remember,
as you think, so shall you be (as paraphrased and quoted by many before me).
On This Note: You are powerful beyond measure, so be generous with loving thoughts and observe all the beauty you will materialize.
I hope this blog motivates at least one person to find their courage and start moving toward making their dream come true!
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I was listening to a radio show today where the guest was discussing ways to map out your life to be happy, reach your goals and become successful. Somewhere along the conversation she brought up a very interesting metaphor about having a recipe to reach goals. If she gave a group of ten people a generic recipe for success, she said, everyone would follow the basic recipe, but most would substitute or add or remove a few of the ingredients to make it their own. This got me thinking. Living life is like cooking a dish. And we're all invited to the potluck. 
