Oyedokun Agnes Tioluwanimi

English philosopher James Allen wrote: “As a man thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.” Stoic and Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote: “A man’s life is what his thoughts make of it.” Poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: “A man is what he thinks about all day long.” Author Earl Nightingale said: “We become what we think about,” and Mark Twain wrote: “Life consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever flowing through one’s head.”

The fact that people’s behaviours depend on what they have on their minds is almost true.

As author and master trainer of Neurolinguistic Programming Michael Neill explains,“It’s not the thoughts that pass through your head that impact your life; it’s the one you take possession of and think about all day long. Once we agree to give our attention to a thought, it becomes more and more real to us over time and has more and more power over our life.”

Many people are unhappy and some try to buy their happiness with materialistic things so when the stuff finishes or they don’t need the things again, the sadness returns. Yeah, sometimes material things also make us happy but the main thing is channeling all the thoughts that go on in our minds to positivity. You have probably heard people say that one becomes what one thinks.

All kinds of thoughts both positive and negative ones have no power until we give our total attention and meditate on them to form in our imaginations which might later appear very real.

Can you remember the last time you had the thought that you’re a failure and you paid attention to it? What happened? Yeah, you felt down and very discouraged or probably withdrawn just because of a thought you nursed. What about when you thought of yourself as a success? Your confidence was boosted and you felt energized and people were probably wondering why you had such energy. Yeah, that’s it. Every emotion you showcase is a result of what’s on your mind.

A thought pattern is “a habit of thinking in a particular way. “

In his book, Rewire Your Brain, psychologist John Arden writes:

“The more you do something, the more likely it is that you will do it again in the future. Repetition rewires the brain and breeds habits. The more the neurons fire together, the more likely it is that they will fire together in the future.”

So if you think you’re a success, you’ll feel like a success, and then you’ll act like a success. The more you meditate on the thought that you’re a failure, you’ll continue to experience this reality, which then reinforces your belief that you must be a failure.This is called a thought pattern and it has the power to destroy your life. Psychologist Amy Morin explains that “once you draw a conclusion about yourself, you’re likely to do two things; look for evidence that reinforces your belief and discount anything that runs contrary to your belief.”

As you continue to think you’re a failure, you continue to feel and act in a way that reaffirms your belief. What happens next? You dwell and fall into a trap of self-pity.

See your own your thoughts, they don’t own you. Plant what you want on your mind. Whenever you feel in some kind of way and you don’t know why, check what’s on your mind?

There is power in whatever is on your mind. They become your beliefs and they go on to define your life and how you experience it.

And yes, you are what you have on your mind.

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