Be a Master

“Your mind is your instrument. Learn to be its master and not its slave.” - Remez Sasson

Winter water fall in the Smokie Mountains

I heard the quote above this morning and it really resonated with me. I spent many years living in my head and letting my mind control me. We often live entire life scenarios in a short period of time, in our minds. How often do we play out worst case situation in our heads. I know I often do and in some cases it’s probably not a bad thing. Case in point is during this COVID 19 epidemic. None of us can be sure we’ll have active employment on into the future. Many prominent businesses are going bankrupt. Hopefully this is not the case and I believe my empoyment is secure for at least the next year. I assure you I’ve switched from taking a bi-weekly paycheck for granted and started to cut back a bit. I’ve been wanting to make sure I aggressively pay off debt and lower my overhead should I……lose my job. Is preparing for this potential a bad thing? I personally don’t think so. The bad thing is playing it out over and over and obsessing about it to the point it affects your happiness and those of others around you. Use those thoughts in a controlled manner to make sure your situation is the best it can be and then move on.

Life is too short to let our minds control us. I like to use my mind to help make people feel better by engaging in constructive conversation or actually being kind to people. It’s amazing what a friendly and complimentary comment will get you. Not in things as much as the positive and constructive feeling you get from it. In fact, since nobody in my house is home or awake I’m going to end this post, go onto a social website and make a positive comment about someone. Might as well get the day started on a positive note, master my mind and help someone master theirs.