“Your mind will be like its habitual thoughts; for the soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.” That's another quote by Marcus Aurelius. This man was truly a genius! I can't think of another person who has said so many intelligent things. Not just on one subject mind you, but on many. Tonight's quote, for instance is spot on! If you habitually think something about yourself, your subconscious is going to believe it and make sure that it becomes reality whether it is true or not. I have met very pretty girls who thought they were ugly and/or worthless. They couldn't see the gift god had given them and they walked around hiding from everyone. They tried to stay out of the way and not draw attention to themselves. In a way what they thought became a self-fulfilling prophecy. They believed themselves to be ugly, and even though they weren't, they acted as if they were and people treated them accordingly. No, people did not tell them that they were ugly... they just didn't go out of their way to speak to them. You see, most people do not judge someone by their looks (at least not totally). Instead, they watch people's actions and listen to what they have to say. The girl I knew shied away from talking with people and moved around the outside edges of groups, never really engaging anyone. Well, once things got going, people would forget she was there and she would end up sitting alone on a couch or chair way off in the corner with a sad look on her face. No one was being mean to her. They were just treating her as she seemed to want to be treated... as if she didn't exist! Now that I am older, I remember people from when I was a kid who were rail thin. They always said, oh I can eat what I like because I just don't gain weight... and they would go on to stuff there face on every type of junk food. Not a good idea. Many of these people are now obese. You see, they led themselves to believe that it was okay to eat as much junk food as they wanted. When their metabolism changed. They gained a lot of weight...and kept the same eating habits. Finally, one last example, and this one is more personal. My wife and I met when she was 23 and I was 33. From early on she always told me that she thought she would die young. She actually said on multiple occasions that she would be dead by the time she was 38. I never really thought too much about it. I always realized that words had power, and I would say that to her. Still, she persisted. Not only did she continue to say that, but she also continued to drink heavily on a daily basis. Doctors told her that if she kept drinking she was going to die, but to no avail. Well, To make a long story short, in August, 2013, my wife died. She was six days past her 38th birthday. Essentially, she drank herself to death. She died in my arms after spending two weeks in an intensive care unit in a coma. Words do have power people...And so do thoughts. If you habitually something or think something, your mind will eventually believe it. So watch what you say...even if you don't mean it, your mind just may believe it!
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