We Can Choose What We Think About, Part 3 (TMF:1094)

Thursday, March 28, 2019
Peace to Live By: We Can Choose What We Think About, Part 3 (TMF:1094) - Daniel Litton
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       It is definitely true that many thoughts will be presented to us throughout the day, whether it be from our own conjuring up, from Satan himself, or just random thoughts. Again, going back to the TV analogy, it is much like when we flip through the channels on our TV. We have no control of what we see as we are flipping through the channels, but we do have the choice not to stay on that channel when we find something we don’t like. In the same way, we have the ability to pass by thoughts we don’t want to think about, or thoughts we shouldn’t be thinking about, and the ability to rest on a thought that is good for us to consider. Another way to think about it is to consider your smartphone. Do you stop what you are doing and pick up your smartphone every time a notification goes off? Or do you wait for an opportune time to look at those notifications? It should be the latter because we should not be slave to anything. Well, again, in comparison with our minds, we should not just cater to whatever thought comes to us, but rather pick and choose what we are going to think about.