Personal Growth | Inspiration
Understanding and Managing Your Thoughts
Shaping your thoughts and life
Who can tell what goes on in our minds? Our daily thoughts include concern, worry, doubt, vanity, lust, jealousy, hate, love, questioning, and more. Where do these thoughts come from, and what can we do about them? Read on to uncover the answers to these questions.
About your thoughts
To find out where our thoughts come from, let’s first explore how thoughts are created, our responsibility for them, and how they influence us.
How thoughts are created
Your thoughts don’t materialize out of thin air; they are shaped by what you allow to enter your mind. They are yours. They are part of you. You own them. The book of Proverbs in the Bible recognized this thousands of years ago: “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.”
Think of your brain as a fortress, with your eyes and ears as gates that allow sight and sound to enter your mind and influence your thoughts. Have you ever considered what you are letting in?
What is your responsibility?
You alone are responsible for opening and closing your gates. Your acceptance of this responsibility for this defines your level…
