Mark Twain once remarked that life doesn’t consist so much of facts and events.  Instead, it consists mainly of the storm of thoughts blowing endlessly through my mind.

Most of the time, I can deal with the facts of life without too much difficulty.  It’s the storm of thoughts that causes such a problem.  Each fact of life spawns fearful fantasies that swirl forever in my mind.  I will die a thousand deaths before my final day of reckoning comes.  Most of my problems never happen anywhere except in my mind.  There is no limit to how miserable my life can become when I believe what the inner storm has to say.

What I put into my mind becomes the wind that blows there.  If I allow negative and limiting thoughts to gain entrance, a cyclone of negativity and limitations sweeps through my life.  If I fill my mind with positive and empowering thoughts, I experience fair winds and following seas as I sail on the ocean of my dreams.  If I don’t control what goes into my mind, then I have no choice but to endure the storm of thoughts that I find there.  I am the one who decides what will blow through my mind.  If I don’t like what I find, I can change it.  All I need to do is change what I put into my mind.

Excerpt from :

Maximum Strength Positive Thinking : What to Say When You Talk to Your Mind

David J Abbott M.D.