Thought: the fork in the road

Joel Osteen: June 29, 2008: write his .com and order the broadcast message.

Today the broadcast was on our thought processes and the affect those thoughts have on us, our health, those around us and our future.  The sentence that grabbed me was close to this: We are responsible to direct our minds onto the path we wish to take. Do not let the mind, which is probably filled with 80% garbage, feed and direct the 20% into a similar state of ruin.  Begin to methodically clean out that garbage in our minds and become what we truly want to become.  Learn to detect the virus of infected thoughts that would ruin our path to a higher self.

“As a man thinks, that so he is.”  We take hold of our own personal responsibility and change our own thoughts.  One thought at a time, moment by moment we will know in our being that we are changing course for the good.  Say the new thoughts out loud so at least our own ears will have a chance to hear what is going on.

IN ADDITION:

Today: October 5th, 2008 Joel Osteen’s #383: Living the Resurrected Life is highly recommended for ‘us humans’ still stuck in a borrowed grave talking about the good old days and not able to shake off the bad old days.  Check it out.

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Karma & Kindness

When is kindness only pathetic passivity in disguise?  How do we know?

We all encounter this phenomena at some point in our lives.  The majority of us are taken by the absolute kindness that we have experienced in another person.  Thoughts of ease in communication and decision is a gentleness rarely experienced.

The first clue; passivity is not accompanied by action.  Passivity is the speed bump on a busy side street.  It will slow you down for sure, but then the only purpose of a speed bump is to slow the traffic down.

Kindness always contains forward motion and activity. Kindness will find a myriad of places and occasions to give forth kindness.  It has need of itself to multiply, seek out places to be kind and encourage others to enter into the arena of kindness.

Do not be taken in by passivity’s gentle willingness to pull you aside on life’s road encouraging you to stare blankly up with little or no thought into the dark bottoms of various motor vehicles.

So good luck on your next adventure.

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