To quote the late, great Nipsey Hussle
Money, loyalty and love, in the dream, we trust
You be switchin' up the players on your team too much
Tiny Cobby, that's my Loc, Young Supreme; what's up?
Ain't we travel 'round the world gettin' cream or what?
Read MoreThat title is extreme, I know, but it is true. In act three of this multipart blog series, we will explore the power of the voices in your life and their ability to promote or demote your happiness.
When I was in my twenties, I had a friend who was just not a very good friend despite what I genuinely believed were his best intentions. Every interaction was just filled with negativity. If I said I could, he would tell me all of the reasons I could not. If I saw possibilities, he saw problems. Where I saw dreams, he saw drama. In fact, in preparing this post, I could only think of one positive thing he ever spoke into my life. Just one.
Read MoreThe words of Solomon, often referred to as the wisest man to ever live, confirm those of Dr Caroline Leaf on the power of our thinking. In Proverbs twenty-three, he wrote thousands of years ago, verse seven, “As someone thinks within himself, so he is.”
Think about those words; no pun intended. Our thoughts shape who we are and how we behave. There is a saying that words form worlds. I do not disagree with that sentiment, but it seems even more truthful to say our thoughts shape our world. Even the words we speak that may “shape worlds” began as a… thought. As you think you are, you will be.
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