Summary

The website content emphasizes the profound impact of our thoughts on our actions, attitudes, and overall life, advocating for the alignment of our purposes, priorities, and practices to achieve a harmonious and fulfilling existence.

Abstract

The text discusses the intrinsic connection between our thoughts and our reality, suggesting that our internal thought processes shape our external actions and attitudes. It introduces the concept of "The Three P's" – Purposes, Priorities, and Practices – as the driving forces behind our behavior. The author stresses the importance of ensuring that our priorities and practices are in sync with our purposes to avoid a fragmented life. The content also touches on the significance of being selective about the information we consume, as it influences our subconscious and, consequently, our behavior. The author, drawing from personal experience in counseling, suggests that focusing on the 'seed' – the initial input of information – is more effective than merely addressing the 'fruit' or outcomes of our thoughts.

Opinions

The author believes that our thoughts dictate our speech, actions, and even feelings, as encapsulated in the maxim from Proverbs 23:7.
There is an opinion that attitudes are highly contagious and should be worth emulating.
The author coined the phrase "Attitudes are more important than reality, because attitude can change reality," indicating a strong belief in the transformative power of a positive mindset.
The text suggests that a disconnect between one's stated priorities and actual practices can lead to instability and double-mindedness.
The author expresses a cautious approach to what we allow into our minds, emphasizing the importance of guarding our thoughts.
There is a critique of counseling that focuses on the fruit rather than the seed, implying that addressing the root cause of issues is more effective than merely dealing with the symptoms.
The author advocates for the consumption of positive and inspiring content to foster a lifestyle of positive thinking and stability.

Goals | Vision | Goal-setting | Purpose | Life

Good Thoughts Equal Good Goals: 1

The Bible says, “As a man thinks in his heart, is the way he lives.” Our thoughts control what we say and do in everyday life.

A maxim from Proverbs 23:7: “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” Our thoughts control what we say, what we do, and even how we feel.

“We cannot consistently act on the outside different from what we think on the inside.” Our thoughts become us.

“Today we are a chain reaction of what we thought about yesterday.”

Of course, our thoughts become our attitutdes. “Attitudes are contagious. Are yours worth catching?”

I coined a phrase years ago: “Attitudes are more important than reality, because attitude can change reality.”

Purposes, Priorities, and Practices

All of our thoughts and lives and dominated by what we determine to be important. And three things tend to dominate how we think and live. I call these ‘THE THREE P’S’ of life. (1) Purposes (2) Priorities (3) Practices

We all feel we have a PURPOSE in life, or purposes, if it is nothing more than going to work and clocking in from 9 to 5, and going home to watch T.V. But we all function from a purpose we deem to be important to us.

Then our PRIORITIES must line up with our purpose or purposes. If we don’t live in our priorities in life, they don’t really take ‘priority’ in our life. Our priorities must evolve from our purpose. If we list our goals, and they don’t line up with our purposes, we are double-minded and become unstable.

Then we need to look at our PRACTICES, which closely links to our priorities. This is where the rubber meets the road. What do we spend our time actually doing, instead of just believing what we say and claim? If we say our priority is our family, but we act like work is much more important, and spend 60+ hours at our job, is our family really a priority?

If we don’t live in unity within ourselves we become very fragmented. Our purpose (over all view of life), and our priorities (what we declare is important), and our practices (what we do) must all line-up.

We Are Inside-Out Creations

We must be cautious of what we allow into our minds and hearts because they have a decisive impact on who we are and what we do in life.

The acronym is quite true: GIGO. “Good in, good out.” — “Garbage in, garbage out.”

Our job is to put a guard up over our minds. We must first become confident in what we think and believe, but we can’t be unwilling to change what we think and believe if we are presented with a noteworthy option to consider.

But then, if we believe in them, we must live our convictions. We can’t be wishy-washy in what we believe.

The Seed, the Root, and the Fruit

I tried my hand at counseling a few years back. I didn’t care for it much. Most people just wanted ‘free counseling,’ especially if they’d been referred from a church — and I got a lot of church referrals. Others just seek another opinion in that they did not like what they’d been told the first time around.

But I discovered something in counseling. I found that most counselors tend to look at the FRUIT in a person’s life. Is it ‘good fruit’ or is it ‘bad fruit’? Of course, if it’s bad fruit, then the job of the counselor is to provide counsel in what to do to correct it and change it.

But to me, this was like beginning at the wrong end of a scale. We should begin with the SEED, that produces ROOTS in us, that produce FRUIT.

In my mind, what should be looked at is the SEED that someone is feeding on. Is it a healthy good seed, or is it an unhealthy bad seed? Using modern-day thinking of today, is it good dependable news or is it ‘fake news’?

Do we read something inspiring before we go to sleep, or do we watch the distressing late-night news? Remember that our subconscious mind never sleeps. As we sleep, it mulls over whatever we have put into it.

Is Your Focus On the Seed?

If your focus is the ‘seed,’ — the information, facts, and opinions — that you allow into your thinking, you will find yourself focusing on more positive, good thoughts than negative, bad ones.

GIGO: good in, good out — garbage in, garbage out.

Too many people do not focus on the seed they are allowing into them, and then they wonder why they are hostile, confused, and unstable.