I love the phrase “whether you think you can, or whether you think you can’t, you’re probably right”. I think the things we pay attention to, the things we impart our energy too, they are the things that grow. My current theme appears to be based round a quote from Mumford “where you invest your love, you invest your life” I often check that the things I’m investing in (time wise, money wise, attention wise) are the things I want to be, not the things I ought to be, or that others think I should be.
Our minds are powerful. If I ask you not to think of a penguin, what are you thinking of right now? Probably a penguin. In the same way, I learned not to suggest to a child in danger whilst high up “careful or you’ll fall” as then what is in their mind is the falling. More useful is to focus on how well they are balanced. And so it is that I resonated with a quote sent to me by a friend today:
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, "I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, angry, violent one. The other wolf is the loving, compassionate one." The grandson asked him, "which wolf will win the fight in your heart?" The grandfather asked "The one I feed".
Every day and every moment I get to choose which wolf in my heart to feed, which thoughts in my mind to nurture and which not to attend to. Right now I'm going to choose the lovely wolf and the thoughts that tell me I'm lovely and so are you :D
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