The Power of Thought

I completely understand the phrase making a mountain out of a molehill.  Really, we can turn virtually anything into a huge issue by kicking it around in our mind for too long.  All it it takes is one seemingly little negative thought.  If left unchecked that "little" thought will blossom into a huge bouquet of ill thoughts in record time.  I have been struggling with this the last couple of days.  I recognize it, that is a positive step in the right direction.  Now I have to actively force my thinking into the different direction.  This isn't easy, it involves the continuing process of squashing those negative thoughts with positive ones.   It is too easy for the negative to take control and once that happens it is very difficult to turn around your thinking.  Those negative thoughts will start to eat at you and multiply, before you know it they consume the positive ones.  As each negative thought pops into my head, I am going to say and write down a positive thought to defeat it.  I am going to keep this written in a journal as a reminder that the negativity can be subdued when attacked by positivity. I do not expect this to be an easy process, but then nothing worth conquering ever is!

~ Chelle
    1/2/14