It’s when we’re in the slumps and don’t feel motivated that we find out how in control of our mind we really are, how in control of our will.  We can either choose to begin using self  talk that motivates us, or choose to do nothing and let the old, unproductive thoughts rule our mind, letting us brood and isolate.  We can either choose to jump up and stay in motion and do something that needs to be done, or we can choose to do nothing.  As I wrote in  How to stay functional as you sit out the bleak and depressing times, “Maybe we can’t always control the sudden onset of a mood, but we can control how we react to it.  We can control our thought that if we trust in the process, we will have successful results.”  As soon as we become in charge of what thoughts we choose to think and begin to exercise the power of our will to do so, we become very powerful creators.

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