There is a better way. When we choose thoughts that are clean, faithful, and hopeful, they begin to form habits of self-control, kindness, and quiet courage. Those habits invite peace, clarity, and gentle strength into our daily living. As we fill our minds with what is noble and uplifting, we begin to see our circumstances brighten and our burdens lighten. Better, more consistent efforts, creates a better life.

When we allow impure or negative thoughts to take root, fear, doubt, laziness, anger, or selfishness, they eventually shape the patterns of our lives. Those thoughts settle into habits, and those habits create real circumstances that can weigh us down. We may find ourselves confused, discouraged, or stuck, wondering why life feels harder than it should. The truth is simple: the inner world we cultivate becomes the outer world we experience.

What you think determines what you receive, never more, never less.

When you radically refine your thoughts, the world around you responds, often faster and more profoundly than you expect. When you reshape your thoughts at the deepest level, you’ll be amazed at how quickly your outer world shifts to match the change within.

The weak and prideful blame others. 

Blaming others is always easier than taking responsibility for how you feel. 

When you have unresolved issues you always find a way to blame others for your problems and the way you feel. Once you decide to overcome those issues, you realize those feelings and misunderstandings were your fault (you chose them) in the first place, and then you stop blaming others, and your life gets better, you get better, and everyone’s life gets brighter.

 

The best philosophy isn’t the flashiest or the most creative, but the the one that has two key components:

1. It Is true. 
2. It is followed. 

If you can follow truth, you will always be on the right track. 

Spending time together is not the same as being in proximity with each other. It is not only about sharing space, but more so about making something meaningful with the time together. 

Those who gossip the most, should be trusted the least. 

The most regrettable and avoidable mistake people make is when they let their ego guide their decisions. When the ego leads, the situation always becomes one of loss. 

When ego guides belief, faith is lost. 

When ego directs careers, potential is lost. 

When ego leads relationships, love is lost. 

Waiting is harder when you aren’t actively engaged in something, anything. 

Sometimes we have to wait. But we can work while we wait. We can learn while we wait. We can pray while we wait.