Choose a good thought, choose a good feeling!!

William Michael Forbes


The reward of effort is results. wmf

A Well Known Fact:
Thoughts might become forms

I was thinking about my life today and how, through some of my teen years and young adult years, events would occur that would upset me. For example there was this job I had as a plant manager for a novelty manufacturing and when the circumstances I left under left me visibly upset. When I look carefully back at that event from where I am now, I realize that it wasn’t the event that was so upsetting, but the emotions I had coupled with the thoughts I had about what was happening...it is a memory now, with no negative emotion attached to it.

Today I recognize this process in my life on a moment to moment basis and have become very careful about the emotional energy that I can choose to attach to any event or situation. Knowing that emotions determine the strength and impact of my responses both towards myself, others and the situations, I find myself being very mindful about the thoughts I’m going to think when I’m happy, sad, upset and joyful. Thoughts themselves, which can be stimulated from outside of my body by people, books, media or my own ruminations, can trigger emotional states which in turn cause physical behaviour...unless one is aware that they have a choice. All thoughts do not become forms...unless there is an emotion attached to them!!

Today’s activity is fun and simple...notice the thoughts that events around you bring up to your conscious awareness...identify what or who the thought is about...and then notice what emotion is connected to the thought, its quality and the behaviour it inclines you to follow...at this point choice is still available to you...if the emotion is negative and you act upon it...the results will likely be negative...if the emotion is positive...the resulting behaviour will likely be positive. Now try deliberately changing the emotion to another one and see what impetus to action that you. The point here is to realize that you have the power to choose your emotions and thoughts at will and therefore remain free to create emotional states that will bring more joy into your day at anytime.

Have a great day!

William