How to Free Your Mind from Toxic Behaviors
Accept the person you would rather not be.
“Just as there are two sides to every story, there are two sides to every person. One that we reveal to the world and another we keep hidden inside. Within each of us is the capacity for both good and evil. But those of us who are able to blur the moral dividing line hold the true power.” — Emily Thorne, Revenge
Whatever you feed your mind, you become.
Our view of the world is distorted when we are in a negative state of mind. We just see what’s wrong. Our mind gets caught in a vicious cycle of rumination.
When we pay attention to negativity, we can’t see the positive within us. We can’t integrate our both sides — the good and bad. Failing to reconcile what seems mutually exclusive is the root of toxicity
To free your mind, you must meet the person you would rather not be.
Toxic Thoughts Harm Us
“The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by often falling.” — Lucretius
How much harm can a small dose of gossiping or self-criticism cause? Negative thinking is deceiving — it initially seems innocuous. Until we fall into a…
