“Watch your thinking; your thoughts soon become actions. Watch your action; an action soon becomes a habit. Be careful of your habits; your habits form your character. Watch your character; for character turns into destiny.” ~Unknown
Two Trains of Thought, American Locomotive, 1941; image courtesy of Paul Malon on Flickr.com
Long before The Secret became an international phenomenon, wise men and women were warning us to be careful about what we think because those thoughts will result in actions. We can choose positive thoughts that will lead to constructive actions or negative thoughts that will lead to destructive actions. In a flash, those actions will become habits and then those habits define who we are.
And then people interact with us based on the character that originated in our thoughts. And those interactions help determine our destiny.
The easiest (and hardest) way to change our destiny is to change the way we think.
This is so true! Thanks for posting, I really need to remember this.
The way we think is the whole of life. Allowing oneself to think along the lines of self-deprecation is like taking a dose of poison. And what about the way I think of my brother man? The man that I see is the man that I am.
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