| James Rohn once said, "Unless you change how you | | | | That's why it is so important who you hang out with |
| are, you will always have what you've got." Well said. | | | | and associate with. If you have negative and toxic |
| It is true that perspective is everything. One person | | | | people in your life, you may want to consider |
| sees obstacles and another sees opportunities. It | | | | distancing yourself from them or maybe letting go of |
| really does matter how you see or view things. Even | | | | the relationship altogether! |
| the Apostle Paul admonishes us to be renewed or | | | | For example, Susie was told growing up that she |
| "made over" by renewing our minds. | | | | wasn't very smart. She heard the negative message |
| I couldn't help but marvel at a recent documentary I | | | | enough that she believed it, and as a result Susie |
| saw on the life of Nick Vukicic. Nick is a young man | | | | didn't apply herself academically. Eventually, she |
| with no arms and no legs. He was born that way. In | | | | dropped out of school. Her beliefs simply told her |
| this documentary, he is swimming in a pool, speaking | | | | how to view herself. Those beliefs colored her |
| before huge audiences as a motivational speaker and | | | | thoughts, affected her emotions and eventually her |
| totally engaged in life. Talk about perspective and a | | | | behavior. It's amazing the power of words! Unless |
| healthy belief system! | | | | Susie begins to challenge the mental tapes and |
| Your unique perspective and the way you "do life" | | | | self-talk in a new direction, she will always be |
| comes from what you think about the most and | | | | affected by the negative message she has believed. |
| what you really believe. Sometimes we wonder why | | | | So to re-quote James Rohn, unless we change what |
| we do the things that we do and a better question is | | | | we really believe and the way we think, we will |
| what do I really believe? Your behavior is simply a | | | | always have what we've got. You can't afford to be |
| reflection of your deepest beliefs. | | | | passive with your thinking and have a changed life! |
| It is difficult to act outside of what you believe for | | | | You can't afford to live with an unchallenged belief |
| any length of time. It's almost impossible. Your | | | | system and live a changed life. Thinking the way you |
| behavior is just following your mental orders. Your | | | | have always thought and believing what you have |
| brain just gives out what it is programmed to do. | | | | always believed will most likely give you the results |
| That is why it is so important what we listen to and | | | | you have always had! The most fulfilled and |
| what we take in and accept as truth. Your brain can | | | | successful people are those who challenge |
| only work with the information that it has been given. | | | | themselves with tough questions, examine their own |
| So if toxicity is what it is heard, received and taken | | | | belief systems and make the effort to aggressively |
| in, then toxicity is what comes out. Junk in, junk out! | | | | rid themselves of toxic thinking. |