I Reeeeaaaaally Like Being Single

Nothing is better than freedom; mind, body and spirit. I'm sitting in Founders sipping a most incredible stout and appreciating the beauty of the day and my free will. Reading Napoleon Hill's Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude, he describes an encounter with Dr. Elmer Gates and his time of “sitting with his thoughts”. That's one thing a lot of folks don't intentionally set out to do or avoid on purpose. I wonder how many cures, great inventions and ideas have been missed because people don't like to think on purpose. So much of our society is marketed toward instant gratification and convenience which results in a lack of creative thinking and motivation. Dr. Gates would sit in a room, with a small table, pencil and paper to accompany him, and allow his ideas to make their way from his subconscious to his conscious mind. Something this took minutes, sometimes hours. The point is that he made room in his life to focus his attention on his thoughts and he placed significant value in them. I learned something today from reading this story; my mind is valuable, priceless and worthy of attention and care. Not only that, my mind is filled with things that can change the world if I allow the time and space required for those thoughts and ideas to manifest. So often we fill our time with things that pollute our psyche. Toxic materials, behaviors and words filled with negativity so subtle that they are almost undetectable. But seeds planted and watered will grow. My question to myself is, “How long will I ignore the power of my own mind?” The life I live, I choose. The thoughts I think, I allow. If the Word of God calls me to do and expect “...even greater things” then why am I wasting my time being trivial? Human nature is a very real and powerful thing. But the crazy part of life is the very things that I allow to overtake me, I can overcome as well. God didn't make a simple creature when He made me. The adjectives "easy-going" and "go-with-the-flow" don't apply here. Am I a difficult person? No. Complex. Yes. But I embrace it all because I know I have something to offer. Sometimes I have to be reassured and encouraged about what that “something” is. But, that doesn't bother me so much. Everyone has insecurities and feelings of inadequacy at times. The challenge is not allowing feelings to be the compass that guides you. It's a lifelong learning process, feelings and emotions are. Not that I have mastered them in any way but I like the fact of knowing that it gets better with age and time.

 

Live Authentically,

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