What my mind feeds. . .grows!

The above picture holds a quote that runs around in my circles. Sometimes it is presented as an Indigenous American tale, sometimes presented as a tale from a grandfather, sometimes as a parable from a priest.

I do believe if we looked, we would find a version of it in most cultures.

Either way, the tale works for me.

It speaks to the power of thought, and I am a firm believer in the power thoughts have over my beliefs.

One thing many public speakers, survivalist, and motivators have in common, is the they use the phrase ‘a positive mental attitude is key’ to your survival or success (depending on your goal for the day).

When lost in the woods, those that lay down to quit, telling themselves that it is hopeless and they are going to die. . .usually do!

Those that keep busy and hopeful, stand a better chance.

Exact numbers are hard to obtain (it’s hard to poll someone who didn’t make it ;) Yet, if you watch a few motivational speakers, or research survival itself, the topic will come up each and every time. Anything that all the experts tout is worth considering, at the very least, don’t you think?

Heck, for the fun of it, search it on the internet, see what comes up; and by all means, if you find an article or motivational that denotes a positive mental attitude to be detrimental, then by all means share it! I’d love to read it!

But the quote doesn’t talk about survival or excelling does it. It talks about a wolf inside of us that brings good to the world, our internal world actually. Which we then pass on, when we carry it out into rest of the world through our actions.

One talks about the seven deadly sins, and the other talks about what?  To my knowledge, it isn’t labeled. Surprising? maybe…

How does this speak to you, does it ring true?

For me it does ring true. I can of many examples where a mindset change instantly improved or degraded my day.

A bad day at work, changed by a great joke told by a co-worker, it wasn’t so bad after that. A good day ruined when I was cut off in traffic and couldn’t let it go. It works in both directions. Overcommitting on a canyon, and after some suffering, accepting that the day was going to hurt, and then it stopped hurting so much ;)  Some of you will get that one!

Has anyone else had a moment where they reached a point of acceptance, and something they were resisting came into fruition?

In my case, I stopped resisting the writer in me and within a year, wrote three books, started a blog, and am making great strides in becoming a professional author. All because of a perspective change.

I stopped feeding the negative wolf,  I started feeding the one that feeds me positively instead. I stopped living the lie, the ill-fitting suit and put on the one that fits.

Here’s to the journey!