This week was filled with lessons, so much so that I had a difficult time choosing which to share.
Maybe it’s ‘recency bias’ but I settled on sharing something that happened yesterday, but I now realize that something similar had happened earlier this week.
I’ve had a thought for the last few months. It may even have been the last few years. Every now and again, I think ‘x happened, and while not my fault, it will be on me to take care of it.’ Which is only partially true.
I had had these thoughts many times over. I might have even said them privately, but never publicly. Until yesterday.
I was actually surprised when the words slipped out of my mouth.
As I mulled over the interaction later, I wondered to myself: why did I say that? That’s only partially true.
Has this ever happened to you?
You have been tending thoughts in the garden of your mind. They may or may not even be true, and then one day, they bloom into words and come out at the most inopportune time.
What was your reaction?
This served as stark reminder, that I need to be more careful with my thoughts. I need to feed my mind with things that are true, and not to dwell on the negatives or the what ifs.
I heard a saying this week by Henry Ford ‘whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right’.
Our minds are so incredibly powerful. Let us be careful what we choose to dwell on.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for these powerful lessons. Thank you that you have created us in such a remarkable way that there is so much we can accomplish when it starts in the mind. Help us to choose wisely what we plant, so that the fruits of our thoughts may be honoring to you.
Ps.. I wanted to take a moment to wish all the beautiful moms, aunties, grandmothers, god mothers, mommies to be, a very happy Mother’s Day. Thank you for the role you play in the lives of children all around you.