The problem is to keep the monkey mind from running off into all kinds of thoughts.
Your thoughts greatly influence how you feel and behave. In fact, your inner monologue has a tendency to become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
With three kids, it was always very, very tight, and it was always a scramble for what was my next job. So I learned never to go into debt because I don't want those monthly payments to preoccupy my thoughts.
Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.
It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our lives and the lives of those who spring from us.
To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same time it suggests a multitude of distant and totally unexpected thoughts.
Be a force of love as often as you can and turn away negative thoughts whenever you feel them surface.
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
For me, all my negative thoughts that I have about, 'How did you miss that pitch? Why did you miss that pitch? You shouldn't have missed that pitch.' I just kind of sit there and kind of crush it up, and once I'm done doing that... I just kind of toss it aside.
My psychologist told me I have to control my emotions and be more positive. She's taught me to stop the negative thoughts during the matches with some exercises. That's helped me make an improvement.
Once I got done with my career, I knew in my soul that I don't have any negative thoughts about myself.
I'm always living at least a year ahead of where I'm really at, and that can really lead you to some negative thoughts and some bad vibes.
There are times when we are just not very kind to ourselves. The problem with our negative thoughts is that the latest science has revealed that thoughts are very powerful, even impacting us physically.
We can all agree that social media is an amazing platform where we can interact with and meet people and that we probably would have never had the chance to otherwise, right? However, it also has sadly become a place where some people go to share negative thoughts and comments.
Only allow yourself to think negative thoughts and/or complain about anything for three minutes, three times a day.
I try not to think about negative thoughts and possibilities and disaster and things like that.
My weaknesses are my jumps. The reason is that although I land them in practice, when I actually compete or perform, I should let my body go and stabilize my mind better. Also, I need to work on not letting negative thoughts and emotions get to me on the ice.
As an African-American, I know all too well the negative thoughts and feelings hatred and bigotry cause.
If things aren't going so well, I try to stay positive and not give in to negative thoughts.
