Thoughts

 

A friend of mine passed this along to me suggesting it might be a good thought for this blog.  I agree!  My first thought is: "If others only knew what was really going in my mind..." 

Recently an acquaintance of mine called, all frazzled telling me something that was tipping her upside-down.  She explained the whole story, giving me "facts"; so I thought.  I simply asked how she had come onto those facts.  Her reply: "I figured it all out myself!" 

There are times we jump to conclusions that really end up being incorrect. That is our thinking. Remembering a math class taught me that...coming to an answer that was absolutely incorrect but the "logic" that I used did bring me to that answer...however, wrong! 

Until my friend followed up to actually get the real facts she would continue to swirl and make herself sick with worry. All those thoughts are like salt on automobiles...they rust and eventually fall apart! Our negative thoughts just erode our peace of mind away slowly but surely. Isn't it amazing how sometimes our outsides don't match the insides...until we do a bit of censoring, filtering and thinking or even seeing a picture!                            

It is so nice to have a trusted friend, spiritual director or someone to bounce things off of, who will give us feedback, but the trick is to listen and ponder;  our own thoughts may need some tweeking.  Prayer often can set us on a better course...that still small voice that each of us has perhaps is a divine compass.

So, when we would rather not expose our inner thoughts to the whole world, it is very safe to be in an atmosphere with a person who makes it safe to share our inner selves.  It really is amazing to have someone help us to not "believe everything we think."