Are YOU in Control of How You Think?
“It isn’t what you have, or who you are,
or where you are, or what you are doing
that makes you happy or unhappy.
It is what you think about.”
-Dale Carnegie
What makes us go in one direction or another.
What makes us believe one thing or another?
The following are all governed by what YOU choose to think about:
God, spirituality, unfavorable circumstances, people’s opinions, and so much more.
Unfortunately, we still find a way to blame everyone else for
our challenges, circumstances and even our ideas. We have the power
to make decisions and choose what we want, yet we allow ourselves to
worry about things we have no control over (time, people, coronavirus, toilet paper etc…). The only person you have full control of is yourself.
I am sad for the families who are dealing with the inability to bury their dead loved ones; to them, I send my sincere condolences. What about everyone else? The people who I hear saying things like, I am suffering. Suffering in my home. Quarantined!
In Victor Frankl’s book Man’s Search for Meaning, there is a description of suffering that has had such a profound effect on me that it has left me feeling that in any situation, no matter how awful, devastating and painful, we can still continue to live. The human being can get use to anything and we can still move FORWARD because we CHOOSE to do so.
Reflect on this sobering paragraph to put things into perspective
