We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking. Santosh Kalwar
Nothing changes until we change how we think about the person, the situation, the (fill in the blank). But we like our wrong thinking about the person, the situation, the (fill in the blank). We might say we don't like our thinking about it but we do. How do I know (outside of the obvious fact that I do this as well)? Because we "pet" our thinking and encourage it to stay by feeding it, justifying it, looking for and finding reasons to excuse it, ignoring the stench of it, etc. Our thinking stinks! And I know this because anything unhealthy that we are unwilling to part with eventually becomes stagnant and stinky. It becomes like a drug that we can't get enough of. We are addicted to our stinkin' thinkin'!
Pride is the main key, or problem, to all of this. We are prideful. We are too prideful to hear someone else try to give us counsel to help us change our thinking. We are too prideful to want anyone to help us. We allow our pride to convince us that if we can't see it for ourselves then nothing is wrong. We allow our pride to weave a story about what stinks in our life and that story makes us out to be the victim of everyone else's cruelty, unrealistic (in our perspective) expectations, etc. Except our pride is the problem. Our pride deceives us and keeps us in a stinky place. And when we stink it spreads to others. This isn't just about you, it's about others as well. Newsflash: This life you are living? It isn't just about you. What you do, or don't do; what you say, or don't say; what and how you think about things have a domino effect and others are touched by your choices. Perhaps thinking it is all about you is the first stinky thought you need to change.
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