We all know that our mind is a powerful thing. We are wonderfully and fearfully made. But how many of us really believe it? How many of us walk in it? We can have so much more control over our thoughts, attitudes, behaviors, moods and LIFE! All we have to do is take every thought captive. That is where it starts.
As you look at the snowman painting, notice how you feel. Does it bring a smile or a frown? Do you want to laugh of hit something? Does it bring back a fun memory or make you want to hide? The point is even the things we look at can influence our mood and behavior. The question is why do we let things that are a bad influence into our eyes and mind? What ever is true, lovely and kind, think on these things.
I have been painting very whimsical things the last few months. Sometime we don’t know why we are drawn to paint or draw a certain theme, but I believe this has been in preparation for the new year. The word and vision I believe the Lord gave to me for 2024 is ‘Gratitude’ As I work on these paintings and look at them as they hang around town, I smile, laugh and am filled with a sense of wonder and gratitude!
I tend to be a very upbeat, positive person. But the last few years have taken their toll on me. Everything from negative campaign adds, the division in our nation and all the negative things and people around. I have found that I start to follow the same path and let these things control me.
The opposite of the abundant mindset is the scarcity mindset. This kind of mindset will create a victim complex. I don’t know about you, but I am sick of people playing the victim card! These kinds of thoughts have a lasting negative impact on your life, you need to start thinking positive.
There are many things one can do to develop an abundant mindset: stop comparing your self, have more positive thoughts, incorporate gratitude as a practice, find the win, win, but I mostly want to take back my thoughts! We need to understand how powerful our own thoughts can be! “As a man thinkith, he is”
I want to think like this duck feels! Happy, free and giddy. Our thoughts, beliefs and emotions determine what we manifest in the world around us. Like a magnet, we attract things. This year, 2024, lets agree to attract positive, happy, pure and joyful things!
How? Start by writing down what you are grateful for everyday in the morning. Sit in a quiet place, you really only need 5-10 minutes, ‘I am grateful to be alive today’. Now envision how you want the day to go and see the desired outcome. I like to breath deep, as I breath I ask God in and invite him to direct my day. As I breath out I let go of my self doubt and any negative thought. Breath good in, let out the bad!
A better world starts one person at a time. If we all focus on positive things, take in and look at good and healthy images, read uplifting literature, speak life to others and ourselves, well….
what a wonderful world it would be!
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