Thinking On A Elevated Level

Henry Ford (1863-1947) once said, "thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few people engage in it." The Roman Emperor Marcus Arelius once said, "A man becomes what he thinks about all day long." Back in 1957, the late Earl Nightingale wrote and recorded a motivational message titled "The Strangest Secret", which became the only one of its kind to ever sell a million copies. The Strangest Secret is that "We Become What We Think About." Even though his recordings were from the 1950's, his messages are still relevant today.

Most of the successful writers, teachers and philosophers have all come to the same conclusion: It is the quality of our thinking that will ultimately determine the quality of our life. Take some time to ask yourself some very pertinent questions. What do you think about most of the time? Is most of your thinking done on a a elevated level? That is, do you reach for the stars in your thinking or is most of your thinking done in the gutter? The truth is we have only to look about us to see where we are and to see what we have to see the fruits of our thinking.

A lot of you reading this maybe asking yourself, "how do I go about it?" While it's not easy, it's very simple. Station a guard at the entrance of your mind. You must be very careful when you select the television programs you watch, the books and magazines you read and the people with whom you associate. In short, if we are to improve the quality of our thinking, we must be very selective as to where we get our information.

There's always a choice, what will your choice be? You can choose to allow negativity from what you see or listen to enter your mind or you can come to a realization of what it will actually do to your mind and block it. It's a choice I make because I now realize what it will do to my thinking. How about you? Have you ever given any serious thought to this before? Remember that "birds of a feather flock together" and you may have people tell you that it does not make any difference what you watch or read or who you spend your time with. But it does. We can trust the words of King Solomon here: "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he."