Passing on a Pick-Me-Up I got 4/25/00
Today’s Pick-Me-Up:
Habits
The other day I got a handkerchief out of a drawer, was going to fold it
when I noticed a crease in several places. All I had to do was just toss it
together and it “fell” where I wanted it to. That reminds me of someone who
once wrote that our brain is like a dense forest. Our thoughts are like
woodsmen who blaze a trail. When one has gone through it then it’s easier
for the next one to follow.
When you fold a piece of paper and spread it out, you will find that it is
easier to fold it again in the same crease - more so than any other
direction.
Back to the illustration of the woodsmen. Much like them is a thought. Once
the thought has passed through our mind, it is easier for the same kind of
thought to come. What this equates to is “habit”.
What are your habits that are not really good?? I think of people who are
not positive in their thinking. I think of people who are always worrying.
I think of people who are always dwelling on what is so “bad” with them.
What I declare is, that is a trail in their minds. It is so easy to
continue.
Create the crease of cheerfulness, cleanse your mind of the negative
thoughts and their problems. You will find you feel better and your
thinking has become healthy.
- N. Carlson