You Are What You Think

"As a man thinks in his heart, so is he." Proverbs 23:7

We are who have convinced ourselves that we are. No actions is without its infancy in a thought, a thought that was pondered that became a decision, that decision then produced actions...whatever actions we put forth create the reactions we receive from the world. A thief said within himself that he was a thief, capable of taking that which does not belong to him, then he decided to act on what he convinced himself he was...stealing is merely the fruit of a conversation he had in his mind.

Some people have convinced themselves that they are failures. Some people have convinced themselves that they need other people to bring them happiness. We often define ourselves by the fruit of poor decision making or problem solving. The world then labels us from our actions. We are trees and others engage us by our fruit--our offspring both literally and figuratively. What are you producing?

The good news is failure is an event and not a person. Unlike anything else God has created, we have the power to change our output. An appleseed will always produce apples, a lion will always be a carnivore. You might make mistakes, but you are not a mistake. You may have made some poor decisions in your life which started a chain of negative events in your life. Surrounded by these mishaps, you convinced yourself that this is your lot in life. WRONG! The hardest part of getting out the prison the mind builds is that we have to choose to be set free. Being set free is not complicated but as simple as "changing your mind."

What we focus on enlarges, what we don't focus on, diminishes. Some people believe that changing their minds about themselves and their circumstances is being phony or "not keeping it real." Yet giving those effluents too much real estate in your mind, contaminates your spirit and tarnishes your self-esteem and sense of empowerment.

If you don't like what you have become, what you have done, or are doing...STOP. Stop thinking you are hellbound versus heaven sent this earth. You are whatever you believe you are. A successful person never became successful contemplating on his or her failures. We all have fallen some time or another, but the story doesn't stop there. GET UP!

On your quest to be the very best you God has endowed you to be, be mindful of who you are surrounding yourself. People are mirrors in our lives. Stop looking into broken mirrors to see clearly who you are, for the image that reflects back is broken. You have to separate yourself from darkness to see your light...but it first begins by you believing that you are light. Sometimes God will actually send people in your life to reflect who you are and encourage you onto your path of becoming...