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.  His office was like a community gathering place where many of the town's local healers and masseuses would congregate to be realigned.  It is my belief that we should be just as careful about what we think as we are about what we say.  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 also great harm, so watch your thoughts.  Speaking poorly about others is dangerous for you are sharing your thoughts based on your assumptions. Those thoughts are coming through your perceptions and may or not be true, they are merely your assessment.  We could be healing and helping ourselves and others with our thoughts and our words.  Just take a moment and consider something negative or painful.  Pay attention to how your body feels.  Now think of something that pleases you. How does your body feel?  What you just felt was the power of your own thoughts.  Here is a short clip about the physiology of thoughts.

Be kind, do no harm.