{"id":20959,"date":"2012-09-08T13:57:01","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T17:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=20959"},"modified":"2015-12-19T08:15:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-19T13:15:47","slug":"i-crack-myself-up-sometimes-with-my-choice-of-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/i-crack-myself-up-sometimes-with-my-choice-of-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"I crack myself up sometimes with my choice of thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I crack myself up, when I find myself thinking an aggravating thought and continuing to think it \u00a0rather than seek a better feeling thought to focus upon. \u00a0When I allow myself to wallow a moment longer in justifying and blaming, when if there&#8217;s blame to be had, it&#8217;s equally shared. \u00a0Catching myself continuing to think the thought, even for another moment longer, even though the thinking of it serves merely to incite negative emotion within me. \u00a0I can fuel that negative emotion with more of the same thoughts, or I can make a conscious choice to pivot my thoughts to something more pleasant, something more playful, something silly or just some crazy song on the radio. \u00a0Whatever it takes to keep me in a happy and uplifted state of mind, despite anything that is going on around me. \u00a0That is the peace that passeth all understanding: knowing I am in control of everything that comes my way. \u00a0My prayer is to be always able to remember to use my powers for good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=18209\">Why competition and jealousy on the Path?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=8994\">How I pivoted my bitchy consciousness around \u2013 just in time\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=20298\">Stay aggravated or stay on the better feeling thought?<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a 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\u00a0Catching myself continuing to think 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