When every thought seems to control you and steals your joy

do you believe everything you think?

Just like the heart can sway and dictate our feelings, our thoughts can direct our actions. The words we speak, the people we avoid, and even the psychosomatic reactions of our own bodies. A few years ago, I hung a phrase up in a prominent spot in our home so that the whole family could be reminded regularly: “Don’t believe everything you think.”

Think back on a time in your life when you made yourself anxious over something because of what you thought,...