Lifesaver

The Charrette shares some ideas on how to hold on.

Kathleen writes a smart newsletter,

and she has the best thumbnails!

Today she did something a little different.

I couldn’t read it and not pass it along.

I hope you’ll read it and pass it along too.

How to hold on

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The difference between thinking and having a thought

“For as [a man] thinketh in his heart so is he”2: There is an ocean of difference between the action of “thinking” and having a thought. Part of developing good mental habits is learning to challenge the thoughts that come into your mind. Sometimes your brain is just sending off signals and trying to make connections. You don’t have to put stock into every thought of “Geez, you’re so ugly and embarrassing,” or “Everyone hates you” that goes flashing through your head. When you hear those voices, either ask for the evidence or don’t engage — then it won’t be a part of your thinking. - The Charrette

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What is a Charrette?

A charrette is an intensive, multi-disciplinary workshop with the aim of developing a design or vision for a project or planning activity. Charrettes are often conducted to design such things as parks and buildings, or to plan communities or transportation systems.

It’s also a newsletter.

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I’ll leave you for today with a quote from James Allen, from ‘As a man Thinketh’ - That classic work that expands on Proverbs 23:7 for 61 pages.

That circumstances grow out of though every man knows who has any length of time practiced self-control and self-purification, for he will have noticed the alteration in his circumstance has been in exact ratio with his altered mental condition.

Daily reflection and course correction towards a desired purpose, adjustments in thinking, inevitably lead to adjustments in outcome and circumstance. Focusing on each day with an idea to think better than yesterday, produces better tomorrows.

Doing this daily is like a game. But it’s also real life.