Since it is thoughts that occupy the space in your head (so to speak), this is where the center of your life is. If you have a disproportionate number of negative thoughts in your mind, the few good thoughts you do have will get easily brushed aside (for some odd reason) in favor of a mental state that begs to be “medicated” in order to relieve the “pain.” Negative emotions will also influence your moods and then cause your actions to vary widely with no good direction. So, if you do not carefully manage and control your thoughts, you cannot control your behavior –or life.
One way you can control your thoughts is to detach yourself from them occasionally, think before you act, and try not to react to negativity. Remember that you do not have to act on every impulse, and are better off slowing down and progressing in the way you know you should. This takes patience, courage, character, and experience. The battle is in your head, because that is what controls you –always be mindful of this.
Another helpful tactic to control your thoughts is to recognize and isolate defective, cynical ruminations about life and ask God to help you see things differently. Since you will act on your thoughts, identify and rid yourself of the defective ones –because defective thoughts lead to defective behaviors. Do not let an unhealthy desire become a fire. Instead of regularly inviting foulness into your mind, try being more open-minded and allow fresh, new, healthy ideas to come in instead. This may take great courage, but is well worth the cost (of pride).
I see no good reason to excitedly revel in ignorance or spiritual immaturity and obsessively attract others to follow that path. There is a pathway to Godly wisdom, and each of us can discover it on our own –gently, lovingly, slowly, and kindheartedly. We are all capable of imagining acts of Christian loving-kindness, and that is the class of thoughts I want floating around inside my head today.
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