Thinking and becoming

Food for thought

Were there occasions that you insisted you knew the truth but as it turned out, the truth was nothing more than make-belief? A belief that you held so firmly because you thought that was all to it.

Just yesterday, my friend told me he felt really low after being “rejected” by a girl he had a liking for. He thought there was something wrong with him because the girl did not reciprocate the way he wanted her to. He went on saying he was not attractive enough and was nowhere as intelligent as her, apparently finding reasons to support his plight.

Until later in the conversation did he come to realisation that the girl was just not right for him.

Perhaps an important thing is to be aware of what one might be thinking and feeling. And knowing that many things in life can be looked at from different viewpoints. 

Interestingly, we often say the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, but when you view the sun in space it neither rises nor sets. 

Whatever the case, thoughts are very powerful. It will do anyone well to be mindful of what goes on in those neurons up there. 

Napoleon Hill, one of the earliest producers of the modern genre of personal-success literature best sums it up in one of his famous quotes: “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.” 

This begs the question: Which would you choose – positive or negative thoughts?

– By Ignatius Pang, FASS Student Support

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