Your actions cannot change until your thoughts are changed
Everything a person thinks and plans starts in his mind first. One who thinks positively about himself and others always desires to do good. On the other hand, a person who thinks and sees himself negatively acts in a destructive way. Take note of the thoughts that run in your mind. Mahatma Gandhi once said “Watch your thoughts, for they become your words. Watch your words, for they will become your actions. Consider your actions, for they have become your habits. Acknowledge and watch your habits, for they shall become your values. Understand and embrace your values, for they become your destiny.” In other words, your outward behavior is the reflection of inward thought. Remember everything starts in your mind before it manifests in the physical realm.
If you saw good thoughts on your mind you reap good fruits. If you saw bad thoughts then you reap the fruits of that. This is one of life’s principles one can’t deny. You cannot change other people’s thought patterns without first changing your own thought patterns. When you are changed you can extend that same influence towards others that cause them to examine their own thought patterns. Start with yourself first. When we start thinking right about ourselves then by the same token we will start thinking right about others. It goes without saying for the negative thought pattern as well. Your life will not get straightened out until your thought pattern does. One way to keep wrong thoughts out of your mind is to keep your mind full of the right thoughts.
You have the power to change the way you think. No one else can do that for you. You are the only one who has the master key to your thoughts. Right thinking (right thought) is vital to victorious living. Let us win in our thoughts; right-thinking first before we try to win in life.
S.G.
