For Today: November 8th

I choose to put in order my thoughts and hang the walls of my mind with pictures of whatsoever things are lovely and of good report.

Joseph Murphy

Do I have the power to choose my thoughts, my moods?  Yes!  I can choose to put love at the center of my being, so its warmth and cheer will be with me always.  I do not have to let the world’s doing dictate my moods.  I can determine what I want to think about, how I want to be.

When I pray and meditate, I choose faith; I expect the best and make room for it in my mind.  I choose to let God’s light be my strength and my joy.

For Today:  I choose things that are lovely to put in my mind.

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I once thought I could not control my moods.  If I woke up 'on the wrong side of the bed', as my mother would say, then I was in a foul mood all day long.  I never bothered to try and change it.........I allowed my mood to ooze out and spoil everybody else's mood too.  That was selfish and toxic behavior that helped me to overeat.  In fact, it entitled me to soothe myself with excess food and drink.  Since I was so surly and spoiling everybody's good time, then I should overeat since: 

1.  I'm such a rotten person anyway

2.  My bad mood was bigger & more powerful than me so what's the sense in trying to fight it?

3.  So go ahead and eat to your heart's content.........you'll feel better.

Know the feeling?

Nowadays, I acknowledge the fact that I can change my moods.  I can choose to hang the walls of my mind with pictures of whatsoever things are lovely and of good report.

For today, I will not look at my glass as being half-empty; I will look at it as being half-full.  I will choose to think lovely thoughts and I will strive to see the beauty in everyone and everything.