We all know that someone who’s always negative, always complaining, always seeing the glass half-empty. Many times that person is ourselves, but we’re too deep we cannot see that we’re actively negative people. I’ve been that person for a while, I had allowed life’s negative experiences to keep me down and I felt like a victim. I blamed those in power that I deemed had made me in this predicament. Every opportunity I got to express my unhappiness, I did so vehemently, thinking it would make me feel better (which it did for a little while) but it did not do so entirely. I was hoping for some miraculous rescue.
I thank God that I did receive some rescue, however, from the most unlikely quarter; myself. I had decided one day to make an effort to work on myself, and alas, this opened my mind to so many possibilities I had not seen in the many years of my adult life. I started by listening to purpose videos and buying some books to read. I enrolled in an online course that I had an interest in, and the universe seemed to all be shouting at me the same thing “change your mind”.. That’s when I started reflecting on my thoughts, my actions, at what I consistently consumed. I realized I had filled myself with so much negativity from social media, from other similar negative people, and from my past experiences. I had allowed my mind to talk me into negativity.
You see when you’re not feeding your brain with hope, good thoughts, with positivity, why would you expect a different outcome? Garbage in, garbage out. It’s also said, “from the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh”. How you react to situations, is heavily dependent on what consumes your thoughts, and what you entertain. What you allow to control your subconscious mind. This is what makes you You.
Once I realized this, I started changing my thoughts, I put a ‘watchman’ at the door to my mind to control what goes in as it would affect my actions. I chose what to dwell on and what to brush aside. I selected how to spend my time, what I ‘consumed’ mentally, and what I entertained. I even selected which conversations to engage in and which not to engage in. This has helped me overcome the negativity that surrounded me, made my heart lighter, and freed me to start doing other things I love – including writing this blog that you’re reading. I’m grateful to all those in the ‘universe’ that shouted at me to consider ‘changing my mind’, they were right.
It’s a continuous journey, since we’re born in a world with everything competing for our attention, and we have to consciously guard our hearts and thoughts to ensure our control gets into our minds.
I reiterate together with all those that have preceded me in saying
“Change your mind, Change your life”
