Choosing the right thoughts

When you remain alert of your thought and question all the stressful ones - those that cause all the anger, sadness, frustration-  they loose all their power over us and our lives! Our thoughts affect our emotions, we will feel exactly as we think and how we feel dictates our actions. Just because a stressful or negative thoughts pops up doesn't mean we have to hang on to it, water it, nurture it, coddle it, and help it grow. You get to choose what you think of and focus on. It takes hard work at the beginning, it's like a muscle we have to grow, and it will feel unconfortable because our body gets used- addicted- to the chemicals those thoughts cause our brain to release, but remember the only person that has the power to improve your life, feelings, and behaviours is you! 
Obviously we can't live in denial, ignore our problems, or act like nothing bad ever happens to us, that is unrealistic. Tough times come to all of us, there's nothing we can do about that, but we can choose the attitude and the thoughts around them, we can choose to remember that God is greater than our problems and like Jesus said He came and overcame the world, He is telling us to dwell in a possitive attitude of faith because our lives move in the direction of our most dominant thoughts!

*What are you allowing your mind to dwell on? Are you constantly focused on the negative or problems? 

I want to challenge you to become aware of your thoughts, challenge them, surrender them in prayer, reframe each one by finding something good about what ever experience you are going through, and stay focussed on all the things that are going good in your life and grateful for the blessings in your life. 

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