Greetings all. I hope you find this helpful...
Regardless of how good a “thinker” we may think we are, we can always improve. (Our egos, of course, tell us we’re already excellent at this task but...well, THINK again.) We can all improve on our thinking. But more, we can each do so instantly--right here right now--no matter where we are, what we’re doing or what our circumstances. And with improved cognition comes improved living--directly and indirectly, individually and communally, personally and globally. This is true because, whether we are consciously aware of it or not, the connection between our thoughts and our actions is 100% organic. Thoughts lead. Actions follow. If how I think is my root system. What comes of my thinking is my tree. It’s who I am--both the Jerry that I experience and the Jerry that YOU experience. And obviously, the same is true for the YOU that both you and I know :-)
This may all sound terribly simplistic. But if it does, it’s deceptively simplistic--which is the way wisdom works. It’s why thinking does not come naturally--even if we think it does. I know. Counterintuitive. After all, we think all day long. Of course we get this!
Not so fast. This level of “self” awareness is something we have to train into our brain. We must consciously, that is, mindfully pay attention to our thoughts not just to ferret out the foul ones but more importantly, to learn how WE think.
Once we accept this challenge--and this would be a good time to say the Serenity Prayer to yourself--it actually becomes fun to (first) observe, and (second) transform how we actually think and what comes of it. The really good news? The better we get at our thinking, the better we get at everything else. Literally.
This is why “how” we think is actually far more significant than “what” we think.
TODAY.
DO YOURSELF & THE WORLD A FAVOR
TAKE TIME TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU THINK
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