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Consistent (and sometimes annoying) ticking emanates from the device hung on the wall.
Little ticks that remind me that those particular seconds have slipped away from me before I am able to open and shut my eyes to blink. Before I even have time to brew up a thought...
Did you know that I am approximately 441504000 (and counting) ticks old? That's a lot of ticks...and what do I have to show for my ticks so far?
Oh I have lists and lists of wrong choices I have made with a lot of bad consequences. I have some depressing years of my life, a lot of sad heartbreaks, and moments of unpleasant characteristics....but to me, these lists are not what a life consists of. Life consists of much much more than the negative aspects.
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I firmly believe in the well known quote that "life is what you make of it", and lately, I haven't making the most of it....Recently I have awoken in the mornings in a rut. Down on life. Down on myself. Lately the ticks and tocks on the clock seem to disappear while I go through my normal daily routine and I find myself exhausted at the end of another day...but that isn't how I want to spend the rest of my ticks on my lifeline here on earth.
I used to be fun! I used to be energetic! Why all of the sudden am I allowing myself to settle for a routine? I am random and spontaneous...what changed?
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Last night after work, I called Fuzz Head (aka: my dad). We got to talking about life and such and during this conversation he said two words that hit me kinda hard: productive thinking. Now I don't know how it is with all of you readers but for me, I can be quite unproductive with my thoughts...especially when I turn into my own worst enemy and beat myself up mentally over every little thing I have done wrong....and what good comes out of doing that? Notta.
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I've been laying here on my green and white striped couch that was brought to me by my parents. While I have been here plopped here on the thick cushions I have been lost in the tide of my thoughts: self improvement, deep questions of life, what needs to be done today, this week and this month, and other random tidbits. During this time, I was hit with a tidal wave. The way I am feeling is most likely because of my unproductive thoughts.
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I strongly believe that the brain has more power than the body. The thoughts you feed your brain determine the way your body reacts. If you feed it with negativity, you get a sluggish body that lacks any positive energy and wants nothing but to sleep. But, if you flood your brain with positive goodness, the opposite will happen. I know that if I can learn to change my nonproductive thoughts into productive ones, that I will revive the qualities within me that are starving for some positive and productive thoughts.
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There are only so many ticks that God has planned for my life. I want to make the most of those, not only through my actions but through my thoughts as well. Life wasn't meant for us to get stuck in our past and focus on what we did wrong. Life wasn't meant for us to be negative and hard on ourselves. Life was meant to be lived and we do that best by learning from our past, moving forward from those mistakes, forgiving ourselves and others, and smiling through the hard times. Live life by treating yourself well. God doesn't expect us to be perfect, He knows that we are imperfect and will make mistakes. Be patient with yourself when you mess up. We all do it. Grow from those mistakes.
Don't spend life just watching the time go by and wishing that you could do something about it. You can do anything that you have ever dreamed of doing. The only thing holding you back is yourself. So unbind yourself and chase your dreams. Become what you have always wanted to become and there is no better time to start doing that then NOW. Time is precious. It passes in a blink of an eye. Every tick and tock matters. Make the most of those ticks and tocks.
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