OK, my last post was all about day dreams or thoughts and how we need to be careful where we allow our mind to focus. For many thoughts, I said that we need to keep them from running our mind. So now it may sound like I am contradicting myself but I want to talk about allowing certain day dreams or thoughts that we want to run around in our mind until they do take root and cause us to change.
In my previous blog, I discussed thoughts that would lead to bad situations. I have heard of people who want desperately to be married to each other. The only problem is that they are both married to different people right now. They begin to think so much about being with each other that eventually they do something that causes terrible pain in not only their own lives but the lives of others. These situations start with a thought.
So let's spend a few minutes talking about thoughts that we should continue to think and mediate. Let me give you an example of one.. I have said before that at one time I weighed 350 pounds. That's pretty big right. I was round almost. I was 67" tall and 58" around. That's not a good place. Well several years before I lost any weight, I started seeing myself healthy. I started seeing myself wearing slim clothes. I could see myself water skiing and doing many other things. I could see myself actually outside playing with my kids. I even thought about what it would be like to be able to stand up, look straight down, and see my shoes.
That sounds kind of crazy right? Well I couldn't see my feet at that weight. Here is a big one - I could see myself sitting on an airplane and not needing a seat belt extender. I actually went as far as to start saying that I weigh 205 pounds. Think about it. That's totally ridiculous. Now I didn't say this to other people. I just said this to myself. Did you know that is exactly what Abram did. God changed his name from Abram to Abraham. He was 90 years old and his wife was too. They had no children and he started walking around saying I am the father of many nations. Well guess what? When you start lining your words and thoughts up with Gods, miracles happen.
Now, when I first started day dreaming about this stuff, nothing happened. As a matter of fact, for several years everything stayed the same. I didn't lose weight and I didn't exercise. But one day, that vision became so big inside me that it started to change my actions. I ultimately took this problem to the Lord and he delivered me from my addiction to carbohydrates.
Now this isn't some type of magic formula. I didn't lose weight because I saw myself losing weight. I lost it because God delivered me from carbohydrates and then I started eating right and exercising. Remember, the only place that success comes before work is in the dictionary. But what this did do for me was it gave me motivation. I still had to do the work. However as that vision of being skinny began to develop on the inside of me, gradually I wanted it more than I wanted pizza.
What are your goals in life? Those are things you should think about. See yourself passing the chemistry test. See yourself getting out of debt. See yourself healed and whole. When you start putting the right images in front of you, you will gravitate toward them. Just like with the negative images, you will start to make your dreams a reality.
So if you aren't happy with some part of your life, maybe it's time to start getting a vision for where you want to go and what you want to be. I know for me, I can get lost in the day-to-day grind of daily life and lose sight of what is really important. I think I need to spend a little time working on my vision for my life today.
Thats' another Opinion of the Minion
In my previous blog, I discussed thoughts that would lead to bad situations. I have heard of people who want desperately to be married to each other. The only problem is that they are both married to different people right now. They begin to think so much about being with each other that eventually they do something that causes terrible pain in not only their own lives but the lives of others. These situations start with a thought.
So let's spend a few minutes talking about thoughts that we should continue to think and mediate. Let me give you an example of one.. I have said before that at one time I weighed 350 pounds. That's pretty big right. I was round almost. I was 67" tall and 58" around. That's not a good place. Well several years before I lost any weight, I started seeing myself healthy. I started seeing myself wearing slim clothes. I could see myself water skiing and doing many other things. I could see myself actually outside playing with my kids. I even thought about what it would be like to be able to stand up, look straight down, and see my shoes.
That sounds kind of crazy right? Well I couldn't see my feet at that weight. Here is a big one - I could see myself sitting on an airplane and not needing a seat belt extender. I actually went as far as to start saying that I weigh 205 pounds. Think about it. That's totally ridiculous. Now I didn't say this to other people. I just said this to myself. Did you know that is exactly what Abram did. God changed his name from Abram to Abraham. He was 90 years old and his wife was too. They had no children and he started walking around saying I am the father of many nations. Well guess what? When you start lining your words and thoughts up with Gods, miracles happen.
Now, when I first started day dreaming about this stuff, nothing happened. As a matter of fact, for several years everything stayed the same. I didn't lose weight and I didn't exercise. But one day, that vision became so big inside me that it started to change my actions. I ultimately took this problem to the Lord and he delivered me from my addiction to carbohydrates.
Now this isn't some type of magic formula. I didn't lose weight because I saw myself losing weight. I lost it because God delivered me from carbohydrates and then I started eating right and exercising. Remember, the only place that success comes before work is in the dictionary. But what this did do for me was it gave me motivation. I still had to do the work. However as that vision of being skinny began to develop on the inside of me, gradually I wanted it more than I wanted pizza.
What are your goals in life? Those are things you should think about. See yourself passing the chemistry test. See yourself getting out of debt. See yourself healed and whole. When you start putting the right images in front of you, you will gravitate toward them. Just like with the negative images, you will start to make your dreams a reality.
So if you aren't happy with some part of your life, maybe it's time to start getting a vision for where you want to go and what you want to be. I know for me, I can get lost in the day-to-day grind of daily life and lose sight of what is really important. I think I need to spend a little time working on my vision for my life today.
Thats' another Opinion of the Minion
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