298 Marbles
As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.
Henry David Thoreau
As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.
Henry David Thoreau
There are many sages throughout the ages have agreed on this one theory/fact: Our lives are the physical representation of what we believe. Gandhi said, “A man is but the product of his thoughts; What he thinks, he becomes.” Kierkegaard wrote, “Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.” Galatians 6:7 gives us “You reap what you sow” or whatever you plant is what you harvest (I believe this is related to thoughts as well as our actions). Norman Vincent Peale had this to say about transformation, “Change your thoughts and you change your world.”
This breakup and these 365 Marbles are an excellent time for me to unpack my baggage of thoughts and decide which ones I truly believe. This involves going through my thoughts as if they were clothing and deciding which thoughts are old and tattered and no longer fit me (sometimes those ones are hand-me-downs from my family) and which thoughts feel light and fun to wear. The former thoughts can be discarded once there is the realization that they no longer serve me, the latter thoughts can be repacked into my kit bag and taken into the future. I know there will also be gaps in my wardrobe of thoughts that will have to be filled in with new, more expansive beliefs.
What I also know is that a breakup is the perfect time for this process. There are silent agreements that we sometimes make when we are in a relationship. Sometimes we wear thoughts that we don’t really like because our partner likes that type of thought on us and it is easier to dress accordingly than to find the wardrobe of thinking that truly represents who we are as individuals. A breakup can give us the freedom to examine and sort through these old thoughts to make way for the new, better fitting ones.
Become aware of your thoughts as the seeds from which everything in your life grows. Are there seeds that are growing weeds? Can you replace them with seeds that will grow something more beautiful or more nourishing?
This breakup and these 365 Marbles are an excellent time for me to unpack my baggage of thoughts and decide which ones I truly believe. This involves going through my thoughts as if they were clothing and deciding which thoughts are old and tattered and no longer fit me (sometimes those ones are hand-me-downs from my family) and which thoughts feel light and fun to wear. The former thoughts can be discarded once there is the realization that they no longer serve me, the latter thoughts can be repacked into my kit bag and taken into the future. I know there will also be gaps in my wardrobe of thoughts that will have to be filled in with new, more expansive beliefs.
What I also know is that a breakup is the perfect time for this process. There are silent agreements that we sometimes make when we are in a relationship. Sometimes we wear thoughts that we don’t really like because our partner likes that type of thought on us and it is easier to dress accordingly than to find the wardrobe of thinking that truly represents who we are as individuals. A breakup can give us the freedom to examine and sort through these old thoughts to make way for the new, better fitting ones.
Become aware of your thoughts as the seeds from which everything in your life grows. Are there seeds that are growing weeds? Can you replace them with seeds that will grow something more beautiful or more nourishing?
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