“Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.”
David O. McKay
You have the freedom to choose what you wish for everyday. Your choice might be deciding between rocky road, or double fudge brownie ice cream, or perhaps simply choosing which new series to binge on Netflix or Hulu. Whatever the choice, it is yours!
Choices can lead you into quite a conundrum, however. Social media not only shares the excitement of your friend's new bathroom renovation, but also showcases some harsh blows. Blows that make you somehow feel threatened or hurt. Some posts are intentional with a confrontational tone, while other posts unintentionally leave us feeling isolated, angry, and hurt. We eagerly Like the post about the new bathroom, but how do we, how should we react to the hurtful and apathetic ones?
One of my favorite author’s Dr. Wayne Dyer stated that “you create your thoughts, your thoughts create your intentions, and your intentions create your reality.” Because I want to heal from my loss, and I want to promote within me a spiritually healthy life, I choose how I react.
I recently was deeply hurt from a post on one of the socials, more than likely to the complete oblivion of the sender. Nonetheless, I felt a stab. Oh that knee-jerk response was ready to rapid fire through my fingertips, but instead I closed the page. If I want to promote peace within me, I cannot respond that way. My actions and my words attract either negativity or positivity, hate or love, into my life. I choose love.
Our thoughts manifest our reality. My life is saturated with the blessings of good friends, a loving family, and an abundance of everything I need. I believe it is because of what I aspire to become, which is unconditional love and forgiveness. That enables me to attract who and what I need to live my intention.
A wise Cherokee legend explains the struggle we face in choosing: “There are two wolves and they are always fighting. One is darkness and despair, the other is light and hope. Which one wins? The one you feed.”
What's for dinner?