You Are What You Feed Your Mind
Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.
You and I are “emotional” people and “feel” a full range of emotions. We wouldn’t be human if we didn’t feel good when things are going well, or down when things are not.
There are “feelings” that lead to excitement and there are “feelings” that lead to disappointment.
Since we are not immune to those “down” feelings, the question is, What can we do to limit their frequency, length, and severity? Taking control is important because our attitude determines the results we obtain each day.
We need to keep our mental health in the proper focus.
Question:
Have you ever gone to a movie and laughed?
Question:
Have you ever gone to a movie and cried? The odds are at least four thousand to one that you answered yes to both.
Next question:
Do you really believe you felt those emotions because of something they put in the seats? Or was it because of something put on the screen that went into your mind and in turn affected your thinking and your emotions?
What you put into your mind does have an impact on you.
Fortunately, you can choose what you put into your mind.
Your attitude is important, so we need to carefully look at what we can do to avoid “bad thinking’,” which ultimately leads to “hardening of the attitudes.”
At this point you should be thinking to yourself, “Okay, what can I do within my own limited time frame to maintain that positive mental attitude so that I can treat my belligerent prospects as graciously as I treat my friendly prospects?
How can I be pleasant to my mate and children as well as my neighbors and casual acquaintances when I’ve had a tough day?”
The answer is simple but not easy:
You cannot control the circumstances in your life, but there are many things you can do to control your mental attitude as you deal with those circumstances!
You begin by understanding this:
“You are what you are and where you are because of what has gone into your mind, and you can change what you are and where you are by changing what goes into your mind.” Zig Ziglar
In short, you choose what you read, listen to, and view. You decide what goes into your mind, and the results that come out in the end.
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