
31/08/2023
Imagine having your morning coffee or tea and consistently adding milk to it. Envision feeling unwell every time but persisting in this milk-adding routine, merely out of familiarity. Despite disliking its effects, you find yourself unable to break the habit of adding milk.
Now, let's equate this "milk" to negative thoughts that you encounter each morning as you begin your day. You're aware of their detrimental nature, yet you incorporate them into your daily mental concoction – your life's elixir. Why? What's the purpose?
Discarding that milk and avoiding its purchase is a simple task. You only need to open the refrigerator, retrieve the milk, pour it down the drain, and refrain from venturing to the grocery aisle that stocks it. Similarly, you can handle negative thoughts. The key is genuinely desiring change and making a resolute decision to eradicate and expel them.
This decision rests solely with you. You possess the power to disconnect from those negative thoughts, disentangle from those adverse influences, and replace them with positive ones. You can consciously link adverse thoughts to discomfort and favourable thoughts to joy. You recognize that "milk" will yield unpleasant outcomes – no one welcomes such turmoil at the start of their day.
Hence, commence your day with a positive mindset:
"Milk" (negative thoughts) = Unpleasantness
No "milk" (positive thoughts) = A joyful day
The choice belongs to you. It always has and always will. The quality of your life is determined by the choices you make each day.