It was Dr. Charles Stanley. These words pulled me right out of an intense, HIIT workout and made me forget all about only resting for 30 seconds. I knew what he was saying would help strengthen a muscle I had been neglecting: my mind. These are the words I wrote down in my journal on June 6, Thoughts come and go so quickly and so subconsciously that it makes it easy and even normal to not give our thoughts a thought.
Can I get a witness?! Dare I say that regardless of who you are - believer or nonbeliever - practicing the art of examining thy thoughts would benefit you and those closest to you greatly with the assumption you would do something about your thoughts. With the above in mind, make a mental note better yet a physical note to take inventory of your thoughts for the day. Within a day max you will start to get an idea of the pattern your thoughts make.
I got a sobering picture of what I had been consuming. There was junk that needed to be tossed out and not allowed in there in the first place. It was time to detox the control tower. Cold turkey. No patch needed. In Netflix reported that the average subscriber spent 71 minutes watching something on their platform per day. So ask yourself: what are the thoughts, feelings and maybe even dreams that come along with whatever you consume?
Whether you watch a particular show or 4 at once like my father-in-law ask how 35 hours of that insert violence, sex, dehumanization, etc. It does. The only one you're fool by saying that is you.
Regardless of the source cut it out. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. This will take practice and truth be told, negative and false thoughts will pop into your mind. Bad day at work leave you feeling inadequate? Have a thought pop in saying you are unworthy?
