When the conversation shifts to the power of positive thinking, Law of attraction, Think and Grow Rich, fake it until you make it… It might seem all that easy to do. One crucial point often gets lost though.
This means you must :
Think the sale thing every day
Fully believe in your thoughts
Match your actions to your thoughts, and more importantly
Conduct your life in a manner that is entirely congruent with your thoughts
Belief changes everything
Let’s imagine a dramatic situation. If you thought that a 100’ high tidal wave was going to hit your city in the next few hours, what would you do? Would your still sit in your place and enjoy a cup of tea with your mate? Hell, no. You would gather your loved one and race to the higher ground, ever if it meant driving the wrong way down the highway or leaving everything you own on the side way.
Same thing applies if you want to change your thoughts. You should believe in them 100 percent!
If you would like to think your way to a more peaceful world, how would you begin?
To get started, first you should seek peace within your self. What shifts you towards anger, frustration, envy, or self-criticism? You would need to understand the answers. How would you counterbalance these forces? Rest assured, this wouldn’t be achieved by meditating once, or writing a few passages in your journal. It will take a ton of consistent effort and focus. And above all, you’ll feel certainly anxious because you’ll have to get out of you comfort zone.
Then you’d also shift your actions to match your thoughts, perhaps by showing kindness to others whom you fear or dislike.
Powerful thoughts change the world, once they reach a certain consistent intensity. The true test is whether they are powerful enough to change your own actions.
A True Story
There’s an inspiring story worth to be shared in this regard. You probably have heard of Scott Harrison, the founder of the non-profit organisation Charity: water. He had the thought to change the direction of his life, and started applying to work at major non-profits. But they all turned him down.
Did he abandon his thought? NO. His belief in it was so immense to change his mind.
« I was running around telling everybody I wanted to see a world where everybody drank clean water regardless of where they are born. »
This is how your thought changes the world: when it is powerful enough that it takes you to northern Uganda and also compels you to sleep on floors while you raise money to help people you don’t know. To change the world, you need persistent and positive thoughts that are strong enough to change your own actions.
In a nutshell, before your thoughts can change the world, they must change you.
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