Thoughts

Thoughts. We all have them, thousands of them. We can’t control them but we can choose what we do with them.

I was thinking the other day how easy it is to have a single thought and replay it over and over until it feels like it becomes reality. And the funny (not funny) thing is that we tend to be really good at doing this with unproductive thoughts.

I’ve thought about a quick checklist to run through when I find myself going over the same unproductive thoughts.

Is it real?

Is it productive?

Is it improving my life?

Is it improving my mood?

There are probably quite a few other questions but simply answering ‘no’ to any of the above should be evidence enough to stop the thought process.

It’s funny though, a bit like the seed post, once it’s in my head it’s hard to get out, even when I decide that I don’t want to think it any more. I guess it takes practice, to try and flip the thought, to focus on what’s real, to replace it with gratitude. It’s about breaking the cycle/spiral