Thoughts and Drugs

“He who wants to keep his garden tidy never leaves a plot for weeds.”  Stephen R. Covey

Our thoughts have a powerful impact on our lives.  What we choose to think can and will eventually have a strong influence on our health and well-being as well as our success in life.  As a man thinks so does he become, therefore we must be careful and ensure that we think the right thoughts. 

Most of us would never dare damaging our body or brains with the use of hard drugs.  We realize that doing so can have great and lasting consequences on our health and well-being and happiness in life and therefore we stay far away from them and avoid them.  Unfortunately however, many of us do not treat negative thoughts the same way.  Some of us even find ourselves indulging in them day after day.  The full negative impact of bad thoughts on our lives really cannot be measured but the reality is we should avoid them just as we do hard drugs because of their potentially addicting and damaging consequences. 

A root cause to negative thoughts is the type and kind of media we consume.  If we are constantly involved in watching or listening to what might be considered lewd, crude, vulgar, or immoral than it will be difficult to maintain good, positive thoughts.  Consuming this kind of media which is so prevalent in our society is like being the frog that sat in warm water while the temperature gradually increased until the frog boiled.  Filling our minds with filth will slowly erode and eventually damage our character and who we are.     

So although the immediate effects are not as readily noticeable as hard drugs, the impact of negative thoughts can be just as destructive over time.  Therefore we must mind our thoughts and treat negative ones as we would any dangerous, destructive, and addictive habit for that is what they are.  We can’t be lulled in to the belief that thoughts don’t really matter all that much...   

When we discipline ourselves to rise above the filth and maintain clean positive thoughts we can only then truly become our best selves and reach our full potential.  Those who are able to control their thoughts and keep them positive will have greater success and happiness in life.