A Chain of Thoughts

Do you ever have a day where you wake up on the wrong side of the bed. Your thoughts start something like, "Oh no. I have to pay those bills....I have the car that needs inspection...I need to clean my house...Where am I going to find the time to get these things done..." and the anxiety starts building.

This is just a series of thoughts. They have a way of shaping the kind of day I am going to have. Not too long ago I woke up on the wrong side of the bed a lot. My day would start with anxiety. I would go to bed with anxiety. Throughout the day my thoughts would spiral, focusing on the negative. It was difficult if not impossible to break free of those negative thoughts.

Now I try to wake up and think of the possibilities. Who knows what the day has in store. Who cares if I get done the whole list of things that I may want to accomplish. This is not to say that I won't work on them, but my thoughts won't spiral out of control if I don't get to something, or finish something that day.

A train of thoughts can be a good thing. I start thinking of pleasant, wonderful things that have happened in my life and that leads to more wonderful things, and that leads to the assurance that if they could happen once, they can happen again. If my mind is set on them, they are much more likely to happen again.

A much better way to start the morning.