Who is Standing Guard?

Who do you have stationed at the gate of your mind?  Barney Fife with his single bullet or Dirty Harry with his 44 mag?  I don't know about you, but I will take Detective Callahan and his "Shoot first, ask questions later" attitude every time.  Don't feel so lucky now, do you, negative thoughts.


Negative thoughts are like a thief in the night.  He comes in unnoticed, when you least expect it and when you awake, you find all that you worked so hard to build is gone.  So cunning, so deceptive is he.  He seems so innocent at first.  Negative thoughts are like a lion cub; it seems so cute and innocent until it grows up.  Then all it wants to do is eat you!

So what can you do to guard your mind from the negative thoughts?

1) Be ever vigilante.  Be like a military scout, scanning the horizon for a small dust cloud in the distance or the glint reflected from the the rifle of an approaching enemy.  It is a constant battle.  Be especially wary when you are tired or sick.

2)Write your negative thoughts on paper then write the opposite truth of each.  Expose the negative thought and combat it with the truth.

3) Fill your mind with positive thoughts before going to bed at night.  Your sub-conscious mind is very powerful and goes to work while you sleep.  Definitely, do not watch the news before bed!

What do you do to remain positive?