The Mind Is A......

Someone at some point in this lifetime said that, "The mind is a terrible thing to waste." Then I heard a whole bunch of people say it that never told me who originally said it. Well, most people speak this quote to explain learning and not letting the mind have idol moments in which it ceases to expand. I personally have recently looked at the quote in a different way. I say that it can also refer to not wasting your thoughts on the negative, the bad, the worst. I have always been very negative growing up. I use to be the butt of many jokes and while my peers were having fun I was more focused on my shortcomings that they called me out on. For a long time I always dwelled on those things and it kept me from forgiving, it kept me from being confident, and it kept me from being happy. I grew up from those issues but then I started a trend of beating myself up for so many things and thinking that my ideas, hopes, and dreams, were idiotic. I have struggled with changing the habit of negativity and now I am focusing on positivity. It has been hard to change the trend but now that I see more and more results and answers, I feel so much better and I am willing to work on so much more. If you want to do it, don't defeat yourself before you even start. Negative thoughts can easily lock you into an idol state. Use your mind to steer your world into what makes you happy.