THAT is where their potential to impact our lives begins. We can also choose which ones to pay attention to and invest in. At best, we can watch them, the way one would watch a ticker tape at the bottom of a television screen. Obviously, anyone who has ever tried to meditate knows that we cannot stop our thoughts. Given that we have millions of thoughts a day, the idea of becoming accountable for them is rather daunting, to say the least. Better to begin right now assuming that EVERYTHING we think has an impact - no exceptions - than to continue to randomly throw ideas and words around that may come back to bite us. The gap between those initial thoughts and a specific outcome can seem vast and unrelated, lulling us into a state of complacency and laziness, leaving us unprepared for what’s to come. The heart of the problem is making that connection between what we think and say and what eventually shows up in our lives. And yet, very few of us make ourselves accountable at the level of our thoughts and our words. You’d think given that realization, we might be a bit more mindful of what comes our of our mouths or spills onto the page. It simply and beautifully illuminates the power of our thoughts and our words to create our destiny. This little poem, attributed to various authors, has been floating around the internet for years. Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become your character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
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