Change your Mind

You may think you are responsible for what you do, but not for what you think. But what you do comes from what you think. Our hand cannot move without permission from our mind. So it is only at the level of the mind that you can exercise choice.*

Maybe we are responsible for what we choose to spend our time thinking about.

Many of us spend plenty of time feeling guilty about the things we have done and said in the past. We feel pretty bad thinking about what others have done and said to us too.

We also spend a lot of time feeling anxious about the future and things we need to do.

In fact, most of our time is spent feeling guilty about the past and fearful of the future.

So, let us take this present moment to examine what we are thinking about right now.

Spend a minute looking at your thoughts, without judgment or guilt. Just look at your thoughts.

Almost as if you are a third party to them, observe your thoughts, if only for a few moments. Try not to associate the normal feelings of guilt or fear to them. Just look at what you are thinking about.

It is a little trickier than you might think.

But being a little more aware of what you are thinking might inspire you to change your mind about what you spend your time thinking about.