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"The most important person you ever talk to is yourself, so be careful what you say."


A thought by John C. Maxwell (2013-10-08) from his book, Sometimes You Win--Sometimes You Learn:Life's Greatest Lessons Are Gained from Our Losses (Kindle Locations 245-246). Center Street. Kindle Edition.

That is so true.  What we say to ourselves go a long way to determine our response and our action or lack of action.

John continues, “I believe that in times of loss, it’s easy to get caught up in thinking about how we could have or should have done things differently. Our self-talk can become very negative. The more negative it becomes, the larger our losses appear to be to us. If our self-talk is angry, destructive, or guilt producing, we become even less capable of breaking free of the negative cycle.”

I was always one who would naturally beat up myself after some negative thing happened to me until one day I decided to stop.  I saw that I was my own worst enemy so I determined to become my biggest supporter.  Even when something negative happened I would come up with some positive thought that would give me hope instead of despair.  I would strive to bring good out of bad.  Now that wasn’t easy but it was well worth the effort to make the change. I just don’t give in to the negative thought that naturally comes into my mind.

This thought process goes through my belief that as a Christ follower nothing negative happens to me.  Even if it is meant for my harm God changes it for my good.  So I look for the good.  Your belief controls your self-talk.  So change your belief.

So what are you going through today?
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