Work of the Soul

"Watch your thoughts, they become words.

Watch your words, they become actions.

Watch your actions, they become habits.

Watch your habits, they become your character.

Watch your character, it becomes your destiny."

                                          Author Unknown

The first time I saw this quote was while sitting in my chiropractors office.  My chiropractor treated everyone equally.  Doing this requires that each of us take accountability for our inner lives just as we do our outer lives. Consider the change that would be possible if we would each carefully consider and observe and clean up our own thoughts.  Thoughts are powerful and can do great good but they can also do great harm, so watch your thoughts.  Speaking poorly about yourself or about others is harmful.  Those thoughts are filtered through your perceptions and may or not be true, they are merely your assessment. If you are going to talk about someone why not share something that is kind. Share the highest story of a person. Remember the saying "that if you don't have something nice to say...don't say anything."  We could be healing and helping ourselves and others with our thoughts and our words. 

If you want to understand the power of your thoughts try this excercise that I use occassionally when teaching. Close your eyes and consider something negative or painful.  Pay attention to how your body is feeling.  Now think of something that pleases you. How does your body feel?  What you just experienced was the power of your own thoughts.  Here is a short clip that goes into describing the physiology of thoughts.

Be kind, do no harm.