Change your thinking, change your life!

This is an adaptation of Bob Gass’s Change your thinking!

In order to change your life, you must first change your thinking.  And that is not easy when you have spent your life thinking a certain way.

Minister and columnist Dr. Frank Crane said, ‘‘Our best friends and our worst enemies are our thoughts.’’ King Solomon put it this way: ‘‘As [a man] thinks within himself, so he is’’

To change your thinking, you must do it - one thought at a time.  That calls for discipline and determination, but it is worth it.  If you wanted to compete in a marathon you wouldn’t go on an all-sugar diet, would you?  The fuel you put into something determines its performance.  Yet we disregard this basic piece of wisdom: what you feed everything else is nothing compared to what you feed your mind!

Here is a truth that will transform you: think excellent thoughts!

What enters your mind repeatedly, occupies it, shapes it, controls it, and in the end expresses itself in what you do and who you become. Your mind will absorb and reflect whatever it’s exposed to. The events you attend, the relationships you build, the materials you read or don’t read, the music you listen to, the media images you’re exposed to, the conversations you engage in, and the thoughts you entertain all shape your mind, and eventually your character and your destiny.

So, what should you do?

Start each day by praying: ”O God, I want the kind of mind Your Word describes. One that is filled with excellent, admirable, honourable, praiseworthy thoughts”.

Can you imagine what your life would be like if you constantly prayed that way and programmed your thinking accordingly?

So, if you are feeling depressed, unfulfilled, or just feel like something is missing, change your thinking, then plan and act on the thinking done.