Stop – Slow Down and Think – Then Go

Posted on January 23, 2016 by James R. Yarbrough

A Good Thought to Think

You do not know how good a thought is until you know how good it was. Thoughts are what keeps the mind busy and gives it what it needs to think. Thinking is what you have to do before you act. You may say that you were not thinking when you did what you should not have done, but that is not possible. It just may be that you did not think long enough or you did not have the right thoughts to think and therefore, did the wrong thing.

Regret and disappointment are just two examples of what can happen when you do not think your thoughts through—there can certainly be more serious consequences of course. We think for a reason. The reason is our thoughts. Not all thoughts are good for you to think. A thought of things that if acted on would do harm, is one of them.

Once you have a thought do not try to pretend you did not, even though it is a thought that is unpleasant to think about. The thought must be placed where it now belongs without thinking another thought about it. And that place would be your memory. The best way to do that is to have better thoughts to think. This could mean, and usually does, that you have to change what your thoughts are based on. The substance for our thoughts come from the perception we have of what is in our world, what is around us. The people places and things in our lives.

When how you think is causing a problem with how you feel and act, it is time for a change. This could mean a change in your relationship with others or you may need to change where you work or live. It is difficult to change how you think when your thinking comes from your perception of how you are treated where you work, live or sleep. Yes, some or all of these could be the change that you need. There is one thing for sure; you can only have thoughts about the things you have to think about, and that would be those things that are a part of your life.

You will not be running away. You will be moving closer to your Self. For it is how you think. And how you think is how you will act.

Category: The Messenger

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What I write is inspired by the Creator. It is a natural process, not forced or coerced. It is written as it flows into my mind, and my life experiences and observations of the wonders of nature are the foundation for my insight. I am on a mission to let how I think be a voice that has not been heard. What I write and say is what I believe. My life has been a road well traveled. There have been freeways, side streets and dead ends. I have been cautioned, sped up and slowed down. I have changed lanes, merged with traffic and yielded to the right of way. I have been first at four way stops and the last to leave. I have driven through heavy rain, sunny days, and dark nights. It is after the darkest of them all, that I came to an intersection. I could pray on or move on. I now move with the traffic. I speed up when I can slow down when I should and pass when I must. Though, I am not in a hurry for life to me is not a race. We get to the end of the road soon enough. I made a decision to stay on the road of life. To take the off ramp is a thing I did not want to do. I know there is more to say than what has been said. What I have to say is not academic; I simply look at life in a way you may never have. It is how I see the world.